Chinese Register of Marine Species - Pteria tortirostris (Dunker, 1849)

Chinese
Register of
Marine Species
(ChaRMS)

ChaRMS taxon details

Pteria tortirostris (Dunker, 1849)

AphiaID

572192 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572192)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pteria Scopoli, 1777

Original name

Avicula tortirostris Dunker, 1849

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Dunker, W. (1849). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 5(12): 177-186. [published April 1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292371
page(s): 179. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pteria tortirostris (Dunker, 1849). Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572192 on 2026-10-16

Regional species database citation

Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Pteria tortirostris (Dunker, 1849). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572192 on 2026-10-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-05-19 08:24:43Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2011-12-27 04:17:00Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Dunker, W. (1849). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 5(12): 177-186. [published April 1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292371
page(s): 179. [details]

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 161 [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 204 [details]

additional source Tëmkin, I.; Glaubrecht, M.; Köhler, F. (2009). Wilhelm Dunker, his collection, and pteriid systematics. Malacologia. 51(1): 39-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63538559
page(s): 68. [details] Available for editors

status source Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 169, fig. row 2, column 2. [details]

identification resource Kilburn, R. N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae. Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 22-2. [details] Available for editors