WoRMS taxon details
Pycnodonteinae Stenzel, 1959
510709 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:510709)
accepted
Subfamily
Pycnodonte Fischer von Waldheim, 1835 (type by original designation)
- Genus Empressostrea M. Huber & Lorenz, 2007
- Genus Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971
- Genus Neopycnodonte Stenzel, 1971
- Genus Pycnodonte Fischer von Waldheim, 1835
- Genus Parahyotissa Harry, 1985 accepted as Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971
- Genus Pycnodonta [sic] accepted as Pycnodonte Fischer von Waldheim, 1835 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Stenzel H.B. (1959). Cretaceous oysters of southwestern North America. <em>Congreso Geologico Internacional (Ciudad de Mexico, 1956). El sistema Cretacico.</em> 1: 15-37.
page(s): 16, 29 [details]
page(s): 16, 29 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pycnodonteinae Stenzel, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510709 on 2026-06-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Stenzel H.B. (1959). Cretaceous oysters of southwestern North America. <em>Congreso Geologico Internacional (Ciudad de Mexico, 1956). El sistema Cretacico.</em> 1: 15-37.
page(s): 16, 29 [details]
page(s): 16, 29 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
