WoRMS name details
Avicula nitida A. E. Verrill, 1881
564664 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:564664)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Avicula Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Pteria Scopoli, 1777
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Avicula hirundo var. nitida A. E. Verrill, 1881) Verrill, A. E. (1881). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part 2. Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc. collected by the United States Fish Commission. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 22: 356-405., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/12375
page(s): 402 [details]
page(s): 402 [details]
Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Avicula nitida Forbes, 1846; A. verrilli is a replacement name
Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Avicula nitida Forbes, 1846; A. verrilli is a replacement name [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Avicula nitida A. E. Verrill, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564664 on 2026-06-30
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(of Avicula hirundo var. nitida A. E. Verrill, 1881) Verrill, A. E. (1881). Notice of recent additions to the marine invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part 2. Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc. collected by the United States Fish Commission. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 22: 356-405., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/12375
page(s): 402 [details]
page(s): 402 [details]
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Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Avicula nitida Forbes, 1846; A. verrilli is a replacement name [details]
