Marine Species Traits - Dacryomya Agassiz, 1840 †

Traits taxon details

Dacryomya Agassiz, 1840 †

AphiaID

1484903 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1484903)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Nuculidae J. E. Gray, 1824

Original name

Dacryomya Agassiz, 1840 †

Direct children (3)

Ordering

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Species Dacryomya diana (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †
Species Dacryomya gaveyi (L. R. Cox, 1960) †
Species Dacryomya lacryma (J. De C. Sowerby, 1824) †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Agassiz, L. (1840). Mémoire sur les moules de mollusques vivans et fossiles. Première partie: Moules d'acephales vivans. Mémoires de Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel. 2: 1– 48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10595660
page(s): 34 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dacryomya Agassiz, 1840 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1484903 on 2025-09-14

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Dacryomya Agassiz, 1840 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1484903 on 2025-09-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-02-20 21:31:18Z

created

Schneider, Simon

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Sources (2)

original description Agassiz, L. (1840). Mémoire sur les moules de mollusques vivans et fossiles. Première partie: Moules d'acephales vivans. Mémoires de Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel. 2: 1– 48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10595660
page(s): 34 [details]

basis of record Karapunar, B.; Werner, W.; Fürsich, F. T.; Nützel, A. (2020). Taxonomy and palaeoecology of the Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) bivalves from Buttenheim, Franconia (Southern Germany). Palaeontographica, Abteilung A. 318(1-4): 1-127., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/pala/2020/0098 [details]