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WoRMS taxon details

Geukensia granosissima (G. B. Sowerby III, 1914)

AphiaID

420698 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420698)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Geukensia Van de Poel, 1959

Original name

Brachydontes granosissima G. B. Sowerby III, 1914

Synonymised names

Brachydontes granosissima G. B. Sowerby III, 1914 · unaccepted

Modiolus demissus var. granosissimus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1914) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Brachydontes granosissima G. B. Sowerby III, 1914) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1914). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from New Caledonia, Japan, and other localities. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 11(1): 5-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715537
page(s): 9 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Geukensia granosissima (G. B. Sowerby III, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420698 on 2025-04-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-06 12:38:14Z

created

db_admin

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Brachydontes granosissima G. B. Sowerby III, 1914) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1914). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from New Caledonia, Japan, and other localities. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 11(1): 5-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15715537
page(s): 9 [details]

basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]