WoRMS name details
Vesicomya compressa Prashad, 1932
464411 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464411)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Prashad, B. (1932). The Lamellibranchia of the Siboga expedition. Systematic part II (exclusive of the Pectinidae). In: Weber M. (ed.) <i>Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman</i>. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 53c (Livraison 118): 1-351, pls 1-9. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36125645
page(s): 153, pl. 5 figs 5-6 [details]
page(s): 153, pl. 5 figs 5-6 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vesicomya compressa Prashad, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464411 on 2026-02-12
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Nomenclature
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Prashad, B. (1932). The Lamellibranchia of the Siboga expedition. Systematic part II (exclusive of the Pectinidae). In: Weber M. (ed.) <i>Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman</i>. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 53c (Livraison 118): 1-351, pls 1-9. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36125645
page(s): 153, pl. 5 figs 5-6 [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): 153, pl. 5 figs 5-6 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Possibly a synonym of Pliocardia indica according to Huber (2010). [details]
