WoRMS taxon details
Harvella elegans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
505661 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505661)
accepted
Species
Harvella elegans tucilla Olsson, 1932 · unaccepted
Harvella estrellana (Olsson, 1922) · unaccepted
Harvella estrellana tucilla Olsson, 1932 · unaccepted
Harvella pacifica Conrad, 1867 · unaccepted
Mactra (Harvella) sanctiblasii Maury, 1925 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mactra elegans G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 · unaccepted (original combination)
Mactra estrellana Olsson, 1922 · unaccepted
Mactra sanctiblasii Maury, 1925 · unaccepted
Raeta maxima C.-C. Li, 1930 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Harvella elegans tucilla Olsson, 1932 accepted as Harvella elegans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
marine
(of Mactra elegans G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). <i>A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species</i>- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): 7 [details]
page(s): 7 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Harvella elegans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505661 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mactra elegans G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). <i>A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species</i>- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27372421
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Raeta maxima C.-C. Li, 1930) Li, C. C. (1930). The Miocene and Recent Mollusca of Panama Bay. <em>Bulletin of the Geological Society of China.</em> 9(3): 249-296, 8 pls.
page(s): 263 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Harvella elegans tucilla Olsson, 1932) Olsson, A. A. (1932). Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 5, the Peruvian Miocene. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 19(68): 1-272, 24 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32532232
page(s): 129 [details]
original description (of Mactra (Harvella) sanctiblasii Maury, 1925 †) Maury, C. J. (1925). A further contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad (Miocene Horizons). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 10(42): 153-402, pls. 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32509152
page(s): 266-267, pl. 21, fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Raeta maxima C.-C. Li, 1930) Li, C. C. (1930). The Miocene and Recent Mollusca of Panama Bay. <em>Bulletin of the Geological Society of China.</em> 9(3): 249-296, 8 pls.
page(s): 263 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Harvella elegans tucilla Olsson, 1932) Olsson, A. A. (1932). Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 5, the Peruvian Miocene. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 19(68): 1-272, 24 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32532232
page(s): 129 [details]
original description (of Mactra (Harvella) sanctiblasii Maury, 1925 †) Maury, C. J. (1925). A further contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad (Miocene Horizons). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 10(42): 153-402, pls. 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32509152
page(s): 266-267, pl. 21, fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
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]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
