WoRMS name details
Byssoarca velata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
538383 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:538383)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Byssoarca Swainson, 1833 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758
marine
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474
page(s): 18 [details]
page(s): 18 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Byssoarca velata G. B. Sowerby I, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=538383 on 2026-07-10
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1833: 16-22, 34-38 [17 May]; 52-56 [24 May]; 70-74 [20 September]; 82–85 [8 September]; 134-139. [16 April 1834]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474
page(s): 18 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): 18 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Lamprell, K. L. & Healy, J. M. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Volume 2. Backhuys, Leiden. 288p.
page(s): 46, nr. 54, fig. 54a (syntype figured); note: in text erroneously listed as fig. 54b [details]
page(s): 46, nr. 54, fig. 54a (syntype figured); note: in text erroneously listed as fig. 54b [details]
