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Timoclea costellifera (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)

216596  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216596)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Veneroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Veneridae (Family)
  12. Venerinae (Subfamily)
  13. Timoclea (Genus)
  14. Timoclea costellifera (Species)
accepted
Species
Chione hizenensis Pilsbry, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Venus costellifera A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). <i>Mollusca</i>. In A. Adams (ed.), <i>The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846</i>. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 79, pl. 21, fig. 18. [details] 
Type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Timoclea costellifera (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216596 on 2025-07-30
Date
action
by
1997-11-21 08:42:41Z
created
Fondo, Esther
2010-09-23 10:34:21Z
changed
Huber, Markus
2021-11-05 22:49:03Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description (of Venus costellifera A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). <i>Mollusca</i>. In A. Adams (ed.), <i>The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846</i>. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 79, pl. 21, fig. 18. [details] 

original description (of Chione hizenensis Pilsbry, 1904) Pilsbry, H. A. (1904). New Japanese marine Mollusca: Pelecypoda. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 56: 550-561, pls 39-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26316962
page(s): 553, pl. 41 figs 1-2 [details] 

Other

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 370, fig. row 2, columns 1-2. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) 
To Conchology (Timoclea costellifera) 
To Conchology (Timoclea costellifera) 
To Conchology (Timoclea costellifera) 
To Malacopics (Timoclea costellifera (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) Egypt, Jan?b S?n?’, Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab, beached, collected September 1992, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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