WoRMS taxon details
Oxyperas egenum (Reeve, 1854)
1061453 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1061453)
accepted
Species
Mactra egena Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
Mactra egena Deshayes, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym and homonym)
Oxyperas egena (Reeve, 1854) · unaccepted (wrong grammatical agreement of...)
wrong grammatical agreement of the species epithet
marine
(of Mactra egena Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371
page(s): pl. 14, species 71; note: name credited to Deshayes [details]
page(s): pl. 14, species 71; note: name credited to Deshayes [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oxyperas egenum (Reeve, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1061453 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mactra egena Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371
page(s): pl. 14, species 71; note: name credited to Deshayes [details]
original description (of Mactra egena Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 (1854): 62–72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747443
page(s): 68 [details]
page(s): pl. 14, species 71; note: name credited to Deshayes [details]
original description (of Mactra egena Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 (1854): 62–72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747443
page(s): 68 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 776-777 [details]
page(s): 776-777 [details]
