Chinese Register of Marine Species - Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824

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WoRMS taxon details

Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824

AphiaID

156864 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156864)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Pholas clavata Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Martesiinae U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931

Original name

Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824

Synonymised names

Diploplax Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 · unaccepted (synonym)

Hiata Zetek & R. A. McLean, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Martesia (Diploplax) Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 · unaccepted

Martesia (Martesia) G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 · alternative representation

Martesia (Martesiella) A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 · unaccepted

Martesia (Particoma) Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 · alternative representation

Martesiella A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Mesopholas Iw. Taki & Habe, 1945 · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (31)

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Species Martesia cuneiformis (Say, 1822)
Species Martesia fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Species Martesia multistriata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Species Martesia nairi R. D. Turner & Santhakumaran, 1989
Species Martesia pygmaea S. Tchang, C.-Y. Tsi & K.-M. Li, 1960
Species Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Martesia (Aspidopholas) P. Fischer, 1887 accepted as Aspidopholas P. Fischer, 1887 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Martesia (Diploplax) Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
1. Species Martesia (Diploplax) americana Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
2. Species Martesia (Diploplax) bahamensis Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
3. Species Martesia (Diploplax) exquisita Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
4. Species Martesia (Diploplax) funisicola Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subgenus Martesia (Diplothyra) Tryon, 1862 accepted as Diplothyra Tryon, 1862 (unaccepted combination)
1. Species Martesia (Diplothyra) caribaea (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Martesia cuneiformis (Say, 1822) (junior synonym)
Subgenus Martesia (Martesiella) A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 accepted as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
1. Species Martesia (Martesiella) fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 accepted as Martesia fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Species Martesia americana Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Martesia australis Gray, 1851 accepted as Martesia multistriata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Species Martesia bahamensis Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Species Martesia delicatula Preston, 1910 accepted as Barnea manilensis (R. A. Philippi, 1847) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Martesia exquisita Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Species Martesia funisicola Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Martesia hawaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Martesia intercalata P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Diplothyra curta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Species Martesia obtecta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) accepted as Aspidopholas tubigera (Valenciennes, 1846)
Species Martesia pulchella Yokoyama, 1932 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Martesia rivicola (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) accepted as Lignopholas rivicola (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Species Martesia roseotincta Jousseaume, 1891 accepted as Parapholas quadrizonata (Spengler, 1792)
Subgenus Martesia (Particoma) Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 represented as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
1. Species Martesia (Particoma) cuneiformis (Say, 1822) represented as Martesia cuneiformis (Say, 1822)
Species Martesia substriata O. Boettger, 1883 (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): part xxiii; note: Name attributed by Sowerby to Leach MS. Established in synonymy, but available because it has been used as valid before 1960. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156864 on 2025-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-20 07:57:29Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-07-10 09:41:30Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-08-02 10:05:06Z

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Tran, Bastien

2013-01-14 21:56:30Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-10-28 06:00:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): part xxiii; note: Name attributed by Sowerby to Leach MS. Established in synonymy, but available because it has been used as valid before 1960. [details]

original description (of Martesia (Particoma) Bartsch & Rehder, 1945) Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. (1945). The West Atlantic boring mollusks of the genus Martesia. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 104(11): 1-16, pls. 1-3 [2 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27082792
page(s): 5 [details]

original description (of Mesopholas Iw. Taki & Habe, 1945) Taki, Iw. & Habe, H. (1945). [Classification of Japanese Pholadoidea] (in Japanese). Venus. 14(1-4): 108-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.18941/vinuskz.14.1-4_108
page(s): 109 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Hiata Zetek & R. A. McLean, 1936) Zetek, J. & McLean, R. A. (1936). Hiata, a new genus of the family Pholadidae from the Pacific at Panama, with a description of a new species. The Nautilus. 49(4): 110-111, pl. 8, figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8527751 [details]

original description (of Martesia (Martesiella) A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1898). Revision of the deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Bivalvia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 20: 775-901., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 777 [details]

original description (of Martesia (Diploplax) Bartsch & Rehder, 1945) Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. (1945). The West Atlantic boring mollusks of the genus Martesia. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 104(11): 1-16, pls. 1-3 [2 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27082792
page(s): 10 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription 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]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

additional source Palekar, V. C. & Bal, D. V. (1955). Marine organisms injurious to submerged timber in the Bombay Harbour. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 53(2): 201-204, 1 pl., 12 text-figs., 1 map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48180555#page/268/ [details]