WoRMS name details
Orbicula tenuis Sowerby, 1847
1673271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1673271)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Orbicula Cuvier, 1798 accepted as Crania Retzius, 1781 †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842-1887). <i>Thesaurus Conchyliorum: Or monographs of genera of shells.</i> London, privately published: Vol. 1: p. 1-438, pl. 1-91 [cover date 1847]; vol. 2: p. 439 899, pl. 92-186 [cover date 1855]; vol. 3: p. 1-331, pl. 187-290 [cover date: 1866]; vol. 4 p. 1-110, pl. 292-423 [cover date 1880]; vol. 5: p. 1-305, pl. 424-517 [cover date 1887]. Publication dates after Petit (2009). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54562
note: Described in 1847 part of 'Thesaurus Conchyliorum' (covering pp. 221-406, plates 67-73). [details]
note: Described in 1847 part of 'Thesaurus Conchyliorum' (covering pp. 221-406, plates 67-73). [details]
WoRMS (2026). Orbicula tenuis Sowerby, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1673271 on 2026-01-14
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Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842-1887). <i>Thesaurus Conchyliorum: Or monographs of genera of shells.</i> London, privately published: Vol. 1: p. 1-438, pl. 1-91 [cover date 1847]; vol. 2: p. 439 899, pl. 92-186 [cover date 1855]; vol. 3: p. 1-331, pl. 187-290 [cover date: 1866]; vol. 4 p. 1-110, pl. 292-423 [cover date 1880]; vol. 5: p. 1-305, pl. 424-517 [cover date 1887]. Publication dates after Petit (2009). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54562
note: Described in 1847 part of 'Thesaurus Conchyliorum' (covering pp. 221-406, plates 67-73). [details]
note: Described in 1847 part of 'Thesaurus Conchyliorum' (covering pp. 221-406, plates 67-73). [details]
