WoRMS taxon details
Pelecyora Dall, 1902
492502 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492502)
accepted
Genus
Cytherea hatchetigbeensis Aldrich, 1886 † accepted as Pelecyora hatchetigbeensis (Aldrich, 1886) † (type by original designation)
Dosinia (Sinodia) Jukes-Browne, 1908 · unaccepted
Dosiniopsis (Pelecyora) Dall, 1902 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Pelecyora (Pelecyora) Dall, 1902 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Sinodia Jukes-Browne, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sinodia (Sinodia) Jukes-Browne, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Pelecyora bullata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
- Species Pelecyora ceylonica (Dunker, 1865)
- Species Pelecyora corculum (Römer, 1870)
- Species Pelecyora eudeli (Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967)
- Species Pelecyora excisa (Röding, 1798)
- Species Pelecyora exilium (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909)
- Species Pelecyora insularum (Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967)
- Species Pelecyora jousseaumiana (Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967)
- Species Pelecyora jukesbrowniana (Preston, 1915)
- Species Pelecyora katiawarensis (Fischer-Piette & Métivier, 1971)
- Species Pelecyora nana (Reeve, 1850)
- Species Pelecyora sphaericula (Römer, 1863)
- Species Pelecyora trigona (Reeve, 1850)
- Species Pelecyora tripla (Römer, 1860)
- Subgenus Pelecyora (Pelecyora) Dall, 1902 accepted as Pelecyora Dall, 1902 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Pelecyora (Pelecyora) bullata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) accepted as Pelecyora bullata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) (subgenus not in use)
- Species Pelecyora (Pelecyora) ceylonica (Dunker, 1865) accepted as Pelecyora ceylonica (Dunker, 1865) (subgenus not in use)
- Species Pelecyora (Pelecyora) corculum (Römer, 1870) accepted as Pelecyora corculum (Römer, 1870) (subgenus not in use)
- Species Pelecyora (Pelecyora) excisa (Röding, 1798) accepted as Pelecyora excisa (Röding, 1798) (subgenus not in use)
- Species Pelecyora (Pelecyora) exilium (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909) accepted as Pelecyora exilium (G. B. Sowerby III, 1909) (subgenus not in use)
- Species Pelecyora (Pelecyora) insularum (Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967) accepted as Pelecyora insularum (Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967) (subgenus not in use)
- Species Pelecyora (Pelecyora) nana (Reeve, 1850) accepted as Pelecyora nana (Reeve, 1850) (subgenus not in use)
- Species Pelecyora (Pelecyora) trigona (Reeve, 1850) accepted as Pelecyora trigona (Reeve, 1850) (subgenus not in use)
- Species Pelecyora (Pelecyora) tripla (Römer, 1860) accepted as Pelecyora tripla (Römer, 1860) (subgenus not in use)
- Subgenus Pelecyora (Sinodiella) Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967 accepted as Dosinia Scopoli, 1777 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pelecyora (Sinodiella) isocardia (Dunker, 1845) accepted as Dosinia isocardia (Dunker, 1845) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pelecyora isocardia (Dunker, 1845) accepted as Dosinia isocardia (Dunker, 1845) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Dosiniopsis (Pelecyora) Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 346 [details]
page(s): 346 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pelecyora Dall, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492502 on 2026-07-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dosinia (Sinodia) Jukes-Browne, 1908) Jukes-Browne, A.J. (1908). On the genera of Veneridae represented in the Cretaceous and older Tertiary deposits. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8(3): 148-177., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058345
page(s): 151 [details]
original description (of Dosiniopsis (Pelecyora) Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 346 [details]
basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 162 [details]
page(s): 151 [details]
original description (of Dosiniopsis (Pelecyora) Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 346 [details]
basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 162 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Liu, Y., Ma, P., Zhang, Z., Li, C., Chen, Y., Wang, Y. & Wang, H. (2022). The new phylogenetic relationships in Veneridae (Bivalvia: Venerida). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 196(1): 346-365., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac047
page(s): 360. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 360. [details] Available for editors
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality