WoRMS name details

Cytheraea manillae G. B. Sowerby II, 1851

1439007 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439007)

  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. Meretricinae (Subfamily)
  13. Cytheraea (Genus)
  14. Cytheraea manillae (Species)
 unaccepted (original combination)
Costellipitar manillae (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
Species
Cytheraea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Meretrix Lamarck, 1799
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1851). Monograph of the genus <i>Cytheraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (12): 611-648, pl. 127-136. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936974
page(s): 634, pl. 136, figs.180, 181 [details] 
Type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cytheraea manillae G. B. Sowerby II, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439007 on 2026-07-15
Date
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2020-06-03 11:37:02Z
created
Köhler, Frank
2020-06-13 20:11:53Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2020-07-11 12:45:39Z
changed
Herbert, David

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Nomenclature

original description Sowerby, G. B. II. (1851). Monograph of the genus <i>Cytheraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (12): 611-648, pl. 127-136. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936974
page(s): 634, pl. 136, figs.180, 181 [details] 

basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Fischer-Piette, E. (1974). Sur des Veneridae de L'Ocean Indien occidental (Mollusca, Pelecypoda). <em>Tethys.</em> 5: 267-316.
page(s): 285, pl. 3 figs 29-39 (syntypes figured) [details] 

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


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