Marine Species Traits - Polymesoda fortis (Prime, 1861)

WoRMS taxon details

Polymesoda fortis (Prime, 1861)

AphiaID

992023 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:992023)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820

Original name

Cyrena fortis Prime, 1861

Synonymised names

Cyrena fortis Prime, 1861 · unaccepted (original combination)

Cyrena nicaraguana Prime, 1869 · unaccepted (original combination)

Cyrena solida R. A. Philippi, 1846 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Cyrena solida...)

junior homonym of Cyrena solida Dunker, 1843; C. nicaraguana is a replacement name

Polymesoda (Neocyrena) fortis (Prime, 1861) · alternative representation

Polymesoda nicaraguana (Prime, 1869) · unaccepted

Polymesoda solida (R. A. Philippi, 1846) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cyrena fortis Prime, 1861) Prime, T. (1861). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 9(4): 354-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15608459
page(s): 355 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polymesoda fortis (Prime, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992023 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-05-12 14:40:09Z

created

Bieler, Rüdiger

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cyrena solida R. A. Philippi, 1846) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 78 [details]

original description (of Cyrena fortis Prime, 1861) Prime, T. (1861). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 9(4): 354-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15608459
page(s): 355 [details]

Taxonomy

status source Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms. ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Polymesoda solida (R. A. Philippi, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Cyrena solida R. A. Philippi, 1846)