WoRMS name details
Avicula eximia Reeve, 1857
464549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464549)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Pteria eximia de Verneuil, 1845)
Species
Avicula Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Pteria Scopoli, 1777
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus <i>Avicula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570
page(s): pl. 16, species no. 62 [details]
page(s): pl. 16, species no. 62 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Avicula eximia Reeve, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464549 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Reeve, L. A. (1857). Monograph of the genus <i>Avicula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-7 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-14, March 1857; pls. 1, 15-18, June 1857]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127570
page(s): pl. 16, species no. 62 [details]
page(s): pl. 16, species no. 62 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
