WoRMS name details
Vesicomya cretacea E. A. Smith, 1906
464412 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464412)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, E.A., 1906. - Natural history notes from R.I.M.S. "Investigator", ser. 3 (10). On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7. ser.), 18: 245-264. [details]
Type locality contained in Myanmar, South India and Sri Lanka
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vesicomya cretacea E. A. Smith, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464412 on 2025-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, E.A., 1906. - Natural history notes from R.I.M.S. "Investigator", ser. 3 (10). On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7. ser.), 18: 245-264. [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]
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]
Other
additional source
E. Krylova & R. von Cosel, pers. com., March 2010. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Possibly a synonym of Pliocardia indica according to Huber (2010). [details]
