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Cryptomya Conrad, 1849

AphiaID

206927 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206927)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Sphenia californica Conrad, 1837 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837) (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Cryptomyinae T. Habe, 1977

Parent

Cryptomyinae T. Habe, 1977

Synonymised names

Cryptomya (Cryptomya) Conrad, 1848 · alternative representation

Cryptomya (Venatomya) Iredale, 1930 · alternative representation

Venatomya Iredale, 1930 · unaccepted

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Species Cryptomya africana Cosel, 1995
Species Cryptomya blackburnae Lamprell & J. Stanisic, 1998
Species Cryptomya busoensis Yokoyama, 1922
Species Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837)
Species Cryptomya elliptica (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Cryptomya philippinarum (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Cryptomya princeps (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Cryptomya semistriata (Hanley, 1842)
Species Cryptomya sinensis (F.-S. Xu, 1987)
Species Cryptomya thryptica P. G. Oliver & Chesney, 1997
Species Cryptomya decurtata (A. Adams, 1851) accepted as Tugonia decurtata (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Cryptomya divaricata (Reeve, 1863) accepted as Tugonella divaricata (Reeve, 1863)
Species Cryptomya kamtschatica Il'ina, 1963 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837)
Species Cryptomya magna Dall, 1921 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837)
Species Cryptomya oregonenesis Dall, 1909 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837)
Species Cryptomya ovalis Conrad, 1857 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837) (treated as a junior secondary homonym of Mya ovalis Pulteney, 1799, and renamed Mya inopia)
Species Cryptomya quadrata Arnold, 1910 † accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837)
Species Cryptomya tachibanensis Yokoyama, 1927 accepted as Cryptomya elliptica (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Cryptomya truncata A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Cryptomya elliptica (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Cryptomya washingtoniana C. E. Weaver, 1912 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837)
Subgenus Cryptomya (Cryptomya) Conrad, 1848 represented as Cryptomya Conrad, 1849
1. Species Cryptomya (Cryptomya) busoensis Yokoyama, 1922 represented as Cryptomya busoensis Yokoyama, 1922
Subgenus Cryptomya (Venatomya) Iredale, 1930 represented as Cryptomya Conrad, 1849
1. Species Cryptomya (Venatomya) elliptica (A. Adams, 1851) represented as Cryptomya elliptica (A. Adams, 1851)
2. Species Cryptomya (Venatomya) sinensis (F.-S. Xu, 1987) represented as Cryptomya sinensis (F.-S. Xu, 1987)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fossil and Recent shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (2) 1(4): 207-209., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35780297
page(s): 208 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cryptomya Conrad, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206927 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-07-31 06:57:06Z

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Camba Reu, Cibran

2011-11-06 14:40:47Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2012-01-08 19:50:18Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2020-01-06 02:14:58Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2024-02-10 12:13:14Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fossil and Recent shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (2) 1(4): 207-209., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35780297
page(s): 208 [details]

original description (of Venatomya Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
page(s): 403, 407 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

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