Canadian Register of Marine Species - Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)

ERMS taxon details

Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from Malaga harhour, Spain (actual size 80 mm)

AphiaID

140891 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140891)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pteria Scopoli, 1777

Original name

Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Avicula aculeata Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)

Avicula anglica T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)

Avicula britannica Leach, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)

Avicula falcata Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)

Avicula plicatula Dunker, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Avicula tarentina Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)

Avicula undata Dunker, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Avicula versicolor Dunker, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Avicula vitrea Reeve, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Pteria vitrea (Reeve, 1857) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 706 [details] Available for editors

Type data

Note not specified [southern seas and Mediterranean]

Type locality not specified [southern seas and Mediterranean] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140891 on 2025-05-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140891 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-03-09 16:12:34Z

changed

Tëmkin, Ilya

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 706 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Avicula aculeata Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 308 [details]

original description (of Avicula anglica T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]

original description (of Avicula tarentina Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 148 [details]

original description (of Avicula vitrea Reeve, 1857) Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus Avicula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570 [details]

original description (of Avicula versicolor Dunker, 1879) Dunker, W. (1872–1880). Die Gattung Avicula in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. pp. 1–84,. in: H.C. Küster (ed.), Systematisches Conchylien–Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Volume 7, part 3. Bauer und Raspe, Nurnberg [pp. 1–56, pl. 1–18, 1872; pp. 57–68, pl. 19–24, 1879; pp. 69–84, pl. 25–27, 1880]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34340065
page(s): 68, pl. 24, figs 1, 4 [details]

original description (of Avicula undata Dunker, 1879) Dunker, W. (1872–1880). Die Gattung Avicula in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. pp. 1–84,. in: H.C. Küster (ed.), Systematisches Conchylien–Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Volume 7, part 3. Bauer und Raspe, Nurnberg [pp. 1–56, pl. 1–18, 1872; pp. 57–68, pl. 19–24, 1879; pp. 69–84, pl. 25–27, 1880]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34340065
page(s): 68, pl. 24, fig. 2 [details]

original description (of Avicula plicatula Dunker, 1872) Dunker, W. (1852). Aviculacea nova. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 9(5): 73–80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300771
page(s): 75 [details]

original description (of Avicula britannica Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076 [details]

original description (of Avicula falcata Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 148 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. The Nautilus. 139(1): 1-27.
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 230-231 [details]