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Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820

415847  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415847)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Cyrenoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Cyrenoididae (Family)
  12. Polymesoda (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Americana Clessin, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyrena (Americana) Clessin, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyrena (Leptosiphon) P. Fischer, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Egetaria Mörch, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Polymesoda (Egeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 · alternative representation
Polymesoda (Egetaria) Mörch, 1861 · alternative representation
Polymesoda (Polymesoda) Rafinesque, 1820 · alternative representation

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  1. Species Polymesoda aequilatera (Deshayes, 1855)
  2. Species Polymesoda anomala (Deshayes, 1855)
  3. Species Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1855)
  4. Species Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)
  5. Species Polymesoda floridana (Conrad, 1846)
  6. Species Polymesoda fontainei (A. d'Orbigny, 1846)
  7. Species Polymesoda fortis (Prime, 1861)
  8. Species Polymesoda inflata (R. A. Philippi, 1851)
  9. Species Polymesoda meridionalis (Prime, 1865)
  10. Species Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
  11. Species Polymesoda neubaueri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2022
  12. Species Polymesoda notabilis (Deshayes, 1855)
  13. Species Polymesoda obscura (Prime, 1860)
  14. Species Polymesoda ordinaria (Prime, 1865)
  15. Species Polymesoda placens (Hanley, 1845)
  16. Species Polymesoda radiata (Hanley, 1845)
  17. Species Polymesoda triangula (von dem Busch, 1849)
  18. Species Polymesoda tribunalis (Prime, 1870)
  19. Subgenus Polymesoda (Geloina) J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Geloina J. E. Gray, 1842 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted combination)
    2. Species Polymesoda (Geloina) coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted combination)
    3. Species Polymesoda (Geloina) galatheae (Mörch, 1850) accepted as Geloina expansa (Mousson, 1849) (a junior synonym)
    4. Species Polymesoda (Geloina) proxima (Prime, 1864) accepted as Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) (a junior synonym)
  20. Subgenus Polymesoda (Pseudocyrena) Bourguignat, 1854 accepted as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
    1. Species Polymesoda acuta (Prime, 1861) accepted as Polymesoda neubaueri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2022
    2. Species Polymesoda altilis (Gould, 1853) accepted as Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
    3. Species Polymesoda bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818)
    4. Species Polymesoda coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791)
    5. Species Polymesoda erosa auct. non [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted as Geloina erosa auct. non Lightfoot accepted as Geloina expansa (Mousson, 1849)
    6. Species Polymesoda expansa (Mousson, 1849) accepted as Geloina expansa (Mousson, 1849)
    7. Species Polymesoda joseana J. P. E. Morrison, 1946 accepted as Polymesoda inflata (R. A. Philippi, 1851)
    8. Species Polymesoda maritima (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) accepted as Polymesoda floridana (Conrad, 1846) (junior synonym)
    9. Species Polymesoda nicaraguana (Prime, 1869) accepted as Polymesoda fortis (Prime, 1861)
    10. Species Polymesoda nitida (Deshayes, 1855) accepted as Geloina nitida (Deshayes, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    11. Species Polymesoda powelli Valentich-Scott, 2012 accepted as Polymesoda radiata (Hanley, 1845)
    12. Species Polymesoda proxima (Prime, 1864) accepted as Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791)
    13. Species Polymesoda solida (R. A. Philippi, 1846) accepted as Polymesoda fortis (Prime, 1861)
    14. Species Polymesoda sumatrensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822) accepted as Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818)
    15. Species Polymesoda zeteki Pilsbry, 1931 accepted as Polymesoda notabilis (Deshayes, 1855) (junior synonym)
    16. Subgenus Polymesoda (Egeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 represented as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
      1. Subgenus Polymesoda (Egetaria) Mörch, 1861 represented as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
        1. Species Polymesoda (Egetaria) pullastra (Mörch, 1861) accepted as Polymesoda notabilis (Deshayes, 1855) (junior synonym)
      2. Subgenus Polymesoda (Polymesoda) Rafinesque, 1820 represented as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
        1. Species Polymesoda (Polymesoda) arctata (Deshayes, 1855) represented as Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1855)
        2. Species Polymesoda (Polymesoda) triangula (von dem Busch, 1849) represented as Polymesoda triangula (von dem Busch, 1849)
      3. Species Polymesoda boliviana (R. A. Philippi, 1851) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
      marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
      feminine
      Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
      page(s): 319 [details] 
      MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415847 on 2025-05-16
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      Nomenclature

      original description Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
      page(s): 319 [details] 

      original description (of Polymesoda (Egetaria) Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1860-1861). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika´s. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 170-213 [Stated dates: Dec. 1860 on pp. 161, 177; Jan. 1861 on p. 193, 209, 225]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919729
      page(s): 193 [details] 

      original description (of Cyrena (Egeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
      page(s): 2: 651 [details] 

      original description (of Cyrena (Anomala) Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1854-1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming. Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (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): 20-23 [details] 

      original description (of Cyrena (Pseudocyrena) Bourguignat, 1854) Bourguignat, J.R. (1853-1856). Aménités Malacologiques. Tome premier. J. B. Baillière, Paris. VIII + 255 pp., 21 pls. (1): 1-15 (1853); (2): 17-54, pl. 1 (1854); (3): 55-86, pls 2-5, 1 table (1855); (4): 87-106, pls 6-7 (1855); (5): 107-129, pls 8-9 (1856); (6): 131-150, pls 10-11 (1856); (7): 151-164, pls 12-13 (1856); (8): 165-255, I-VIII, pls 14-21 (1856)., available online at http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10306770_00009.html
      page(s): 71-72 [details] OpenAccess publication

      original description (of Cyrena (Americana) Clessin, 1879) Clessin, S. (1874-1879). Die Familie der Cycladeen. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. 1-40, pl. 1-6 (1874), 41-48 (1875), 49-56 (1876), 57-160, pl. 7-30 (1877), 161-200, pl. 31-42 (1878), 201-283, pl. 43-46 (1879). Nürnberg. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34337291
      page(s): 228 [details] 

      original description (of Cyrena (Leptosiphon) P. Fischer, 1872) Fischer P. (1872). Notes sur l'Anatomie des Cyrènes Américaines. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 10: 191-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16078072
      page(s): 195 [details] 

      basis of record Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 105: i-iv, 1-423., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_105_0001-0423.pdf
      page(s): 309 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

      Taxonomy

      taxonomy source Wu, R.; Liu, L.; Liu, X.; Ye, Y.; Wu, X.; Xie, Z.; Liu, Z.; Li, Z. (2023). Towards a systematic revision of the superfamily Cyrenoidea (Bivalvia: Imparidentia): species delimitation, multi-locus phylogeny and mitochondrial phylogenomics. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 37(9): 607., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is23015 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

      Other

      context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details] 

      additional source Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details] 

      		 
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      To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptosiphon) (from synonym Leptosiphon P. Fischer, 1872)
      To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymesoda) 
      To Genbank (from synonym Leptosiphon P. Fischer, 1872)
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      To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1479058) 
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      To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1479058)
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