WoRMS taxon details
Entodesma brevifrons (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
506766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506766)
accepted
Species
Entodesma spongiophila Dall, 1871 · unaccepted
Lyonsia brevifrons G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Lyonsia brevifrons G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). [Characters of new species of shells contained in the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1834: 87-89 [25 October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859683
page(s): 88 [details]
page(s): 88 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Entodesma brevifrons (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506766 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lyonsia brevifrons G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). [Characters of new species of shells contained in the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1834: 87-89 [25 October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859683
page(s): 88 [details]
basis of record 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) [details]
page(s): 88 [details]
basis of record 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) [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]
