WoRMS taxon details
Pharaonella tenuisulcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1869)
1899454 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1899454)
accepted
Species
Pharaonella semilaevis (E. von Martens, 1865) · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Tellina semilaevis Gabb, 1860)
Tellina beadleiana Tryon, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tellina semilaevis E. von Martens, 1865 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Tellina semilaevis Gabb, 1860)
Tellina tenuilirata G. B. Sowerby II, 1868 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Tellina tenuilirata G. B....)
of Tellina tenuilirata G. B. Sowerby II, 1867; Tellina tenuisulcata G. B. Sowerby II, 1869 [April 1869] and Tellina beadleiana Tryon, 1869 ([May, 1869] are replacement names
Tellina tenuisulcata G. B. Sowerby II, 1869 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Tellina tenuisulcata G. B. Sowerby II, 1869) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866-1869). Monograph of the genus <i>Tellina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 17: pls 1-58 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-9, Jul. 1866; 10, Aug. 1866; 11-18, Nov. 1866; 19-26, Mar. 1867; 27-34, Jun. 1867; 35-42, Sept. 1867; 43-44, Mar. 1868; 45, Sept. 1868; 46-54, Oct. 1868; 1, 55-58, Apr. 1869]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10974885
page(s): pl. 43 fig. 253; note: in plate legend as tenuilirata, but in index corrected to tenuisulcata (nomen novum) [details]
page(s): pl. 43 fig. 253; note: in plate legend as tenuilirata, but in index corrected to tenuisulcata (nomen novum) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pharaonella tenuisulcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1899454 on 2026-07-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tellina semilaevis E. von Martens, 1865) Martens, E. von. (1865). Descriptions of new species of shells. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3.</em> 16(96): 428-432., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22249370
page(s): 429 [details]
original description (of Tellina tenuisulcata G. B. Sowerby II, 1869) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866-1869). Monograph of the genus <i>Tellina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 17: pls 1-58 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-9, Jul. 1866; 10, Aug. 1866; 11-18, Nov. 1866; 19-26, Mar. 1867; 27-34, Jun. 1867; 35-42, Sept. 1867; 43-44, Mar. 1868; 45, Sept. 1868; 46-54, Oct. 1868; 1, 55-58, Apr. 1869]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10974885
page(s): pl. 43 fig. 253; note: in plate legend as tenuilirata, but in index corrected to tenuisulcata (nomen novum) [details]
original description (of Tellina beadleiana Tryon, 1869) Tryon, G. W. (1869). Catalogue of the Family Tellinidae. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> Appendix to Vol. 4: 72-126.
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Tellina tenuilirata G. B. Sowerby II, 1868) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866-1869). Monograph of the genus <i>Tellina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 17: pls 1-58 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-9, Jul. 1866; 10, Aug. 1866; 11-18, Nov. 1866; 19-26, Mar. 1867; 27-34, Jun. 1867; 35-42, Sept. 1867; 43-44, Mar. 1868; 45, Sept. 1868; 46-54, Oct. 1868; 1, 55-58, Apr. 1869]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10974885
page(s): pl. 43 fig. 253 [details]
basis of record New combination, herein. [details]
page(s): 429 [details]
original description (of Tellina tenuisulcata G. B. Sowerby II, 1869) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866-1869). Monograph of the genus <i>Tellina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 17: pls 1-58 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-9, Jul. 1866; 10, Aug. 1866; 11-18, Nov. 1866; 19-26, Mar. 1867; 27-34, Jun. 1867; 35-42, Sept. 1867; 43-44, Mar. 1868; 45, Sept. 1868; 46-54, Oct. 1868; 1, 55-58, Apr. 1869]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10974885
page(s): pl. 43 fig. 253; note: in plate legend as tenuilirata, but in index corrected to tenuisulcata (nomen novum) [details]
original description (of Tellina beadleiana Tryon, 1869) Tryon, G. W. (1869). Catalogue of the Family Tellinidae. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> Appendix to Vol. 4: 72-126.
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Tellina tenuilirata G. B. Sowerby II, 1868) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866-1869). Monograph of the genus <i>Tellina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 17: pls 1-58 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-9, Jul. 1866; 10, Aug. 1866; 11-18, Nov. 1866; 19-26, Mar. 1867; 27-34, Jun. 1867; 35-42, Sept. 1867; 43-44, Mar. 1868; 45, Sept. 1868; 46-54, Oct. 1868; 1, 55-58, Apr. 1869]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10974885
page(s): pl. 43 fig. 253 [details]
basis of record New combination, herein. [details]
Other
additional source
Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746].
page(s): 189, figs (as Pharaonella semilaevis, a preoccupied name) [details]
page(s): 189, figs (as Pharaonella semilaevis, a preoccupied name) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
