WoRMS taxon details
Pelecyora ceylonica (Dunker, 1865)
507811 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507811)
accepted
Species
Dosinia ceylonica Dunker, 1865 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dosinia globa Melvill, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Dosinia ceylonica Dunker, 1865) Dunker, W. (1858-1871). <i>Novitates Conchologicae. Mollusca Marina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder wenig gekannter Meeres-Conchylien</i>. Abt. II: Meeres Conchylien. iv + 144 pp., 45 pls. Theodor Fischer, Cassel. [pp. 1-32, pls 1-9 (1858); 33-42, pls 10-12 (1862); 43-58, pls 13-18 (1863); 59-66, pls 19-21 (1864); 67-82, pls 22-27 (1865); 83-90, pls 28-30 (1866); 91-106, pls 31-36 (1867); 107-120, pls 37-39 (1868); 121-126, pls 41-42 (1869); 127-134, pls 43-45 (1871); 135-144 (1870)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982220
page(s): 81, pl. 27, fig. 17 [details]
page(s): 81, pl. 27, fig. 17 [details]
Type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pelecyora ceylonica (Dunker, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507811 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dosinia ceylonica Dunker, 1865) Dunker, W. (1858-1871). <i>Novitates Conchologicae. Mollusca Marina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder wenig gekannter Meeres-Conchylien</i>. Abt. II: Meeres Conchylien. iv + 144 pp., 45 pls. Theodor Fischer, Cassel. [pp. 1-32, pls 1-9 (1858); 33-42, pls 10-12 (1862); 43-58, pls 13-18 (1863); 59-66, pls 19-21 (1864); 67-82, pls 22-27 (1865); 83-90, pls 28-30 (1866); 91-106, pls 31-36 (1867); 107-120, pls 37-39 (1868); 121-126, pls 41-42 (1869); 127-134, pls 43-45 (1871); 135-144 (1870)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982220
page(s): 81, pl. 27, fig. 17 [details]
original description (of Dosinia globa Melvill, 1897) Melvill, J. C. (1897). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. (Mostly collected by F. W. Townsend, Esq.). <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Litterary and Philosophical Society.</em> 41(7): 1-25 , pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35462101
page(s): 22, pl. 7, fig. 35. [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 81, pl. 27, fig. 17 [details]
original description (of Dosinia globa Melvill, 1897) Melvill, J. C. (1897). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. (Mostly collected by F. W. Townsend, Esq.). <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Litterary and Philosophical Society.</em> 41(7): 1-25 , pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35462101
page(s): 22, pl. 7, fig. 35. [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
