WoRMS name details
Ortygia T. Brown, 1827
516354 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:516354)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Ortygia Boie, 1826 [Aves])
Genus
Venus gallina Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Ortygia costata T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Clausinella fasciata (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Ortygia gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Ortygia rugosa (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Ortygia spinifera T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Ortygia subcordata T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Ortygia sulcata T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778)
marine
feminine
Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pls 19-20 [details]
page(s): pls 19-20 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ortygia T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516354 on 2025-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pls 19-20 [details]
page(s): pls 19-20 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
Other
subsequent type designation
Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423
page(s): vol 2, p. 166 [details]
page(s): vol 2, p. 166 [details]
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
