WoRMS name details
Penitella speloeum Conrad, 1855
542528 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:542528)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Conrad, T. A. (1855). Report of Mr. T. A. Conrad on the fossil shells collected In California by W. P. Blake, geologist of the expedition, under the command of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineers,1853. In: Description of the fossils and shells collected in California by William P. Blake, Geologist of the United States Pacific Railroad Survey in California, under the command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson, in 1853-54. Article 1 of Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report of William P. Blake, Geologist of the Survey in California Under the Command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson. Palæontology, pp. 5-21. Washington., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.19489
page(s): 16, pl. fig. 43, a, b [details]
page(s): 16, pl. fig. 43, a, b [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Penitella speloeum Conrad, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=542528 on 2026-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Conrad, T. A. (1855). Report of Mr. T. A. Conrad on the fossil shells collected In California by W. P. Blake, geologist of the expedition, under the command of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineers,1853. In: Description of the fossils and shells collected in California by William P. Blake, Geologist of the United States Pacific Railroad Survey in California, under the command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson, in 1853-54. Article 1 of Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report of William P. Blake, Geologist of the Survey in California Under the Command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson. Palæontology, pp. 5-21. Washington., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.19489
page(s): 16, pl. fig. 43, a, b [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): 16, pl. fig. 43, a, b [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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
