Marine Species Traits - Polymesoda (Polymesoda) arctata (Deshayes, 1855)

WoRMS name details

Polymesoda (Polymesoda) arctata (Deshayes, 1855)

AphiaID

1518571 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1518571)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1855)

Rank

Species

Parent

Polymesoda (Polymesoda) Rafinesque, 1820 represented as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820

Original name

Cyrena arctata Deshayes, 1855

Environment

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

Original description

(of Cyrena arctata Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1854-1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming. Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22 : 13-23. [pp. 13-16 (30 Dec 1854); pp. 17-23 (10 Jan 1855)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747382
page(s): 20 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polymesoda (Polymesoda) arctata (Deshayes, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1518571 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-07-06 16:23:05Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description (of Cyrena arctata Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1854-1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming. Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22 : 13-23. [pp. 13-16 (30 Dec 1854); pp. 17-23 (10 Jan 1855)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747382
page(s): 20 [details]

basis of record Haas, F. (1951). Remarks on and descriptions of South American non-marine shells. Fieldiana: Zoology. 31(46): 503-545., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2784155
page(s): 504 [details]