Marine Species Traits - Politoleda Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1940

Traits taxon details

Politoleda Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1940

AphiaID

600464 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:600464)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Nuculaninae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (1854)

Original name

Nuculana (Politoleda) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1940

Direct children (1)

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Species Politoleda polita (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of ) Hertlein, L. G. & Strong, A. M. (1940). Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXII. Mollusks from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. Part I. <em>Zoologica.</em> 25: 369-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50980077
page(s): 397 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Politoleda Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1940. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600464 on 2025-09-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Politoleda Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1940. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600464 on 2025-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-06-20 11:34:27Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-01-03 11:27:12Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2022-10-14 22:22:41Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

2022-10-15 05:17:39Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Sources (2)

original description (of ) Hertlein, L. G. & Strong, A. M. (1940). Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXII. Mollusks from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. Part I. <em>Zoologica.</em> 25: 369-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50980077
page(s): 397 [details]

redescription 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]