RAMS taxon details
Poromya Forbes, 1844
138373 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138373)
accepted
Genus
- Species Poromya adelaidis (Hedley, 1916) accepted as Cetoconcha spinosula (Thiele, 1912) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Poromya spinosula Thiele, 1912 accepted as Cetoconcha spinosula (Thiele, 1912) (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 191 [details]
page(s): 191 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Poromya Forbes, 1844. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138373 on 2026-06-26
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Poromya Forbes, 1844. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138373 on 2026-06-26
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original description
Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 191 [details]
basis of record Poutiers, J. M.; Bernard, F. R. (1995). Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 107-187., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20190712235155/https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Krylova, E. M. 1997. New taxa and the system of Recent representatives of the family Poromyidae (Bivalvia, Septibranchia, Poromyoidea). Ruthenica 7: 141-148. [details] Available for editors
additional source Morton, B. (1981). Prey capture in the carnivorous septibranch Poromya granulata (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Poromyacea). <em>Sarsia.</em> 66: 241-256., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1981.10414543 [details]
page(s): 191 [details]
basis of record Poutiers, J. M.; Bernard, F. R. (1995). Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 107-187., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20190712235155/https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1995_T167_N000_1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Krylova, E. M. 1997. New taxa and the system of Recent representatives of the family Poromyidae (Bivalvia, Septibranchia, Poromyoidea). Ruthenica 7: 141-148. [details] Available for editors
additional source Morton, B. (1981). Prey capture in the carnivorous septibranch Poromya granulata (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Poromyacea). <em>Sarsia.</em> 66: 241-256., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1981.10414543 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
