WoRMS name details

Cyrena purpurea H. C. Lea, 1842

539336  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:539336)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Cyrenoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Cyrenidae (Family)
  12. Cyrena (Genus)
  13. Cyrena purpurea (Species)
 unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lea, H.C. (1842). Descriptions of eight new species of shells native to the United States. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 42: 106-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30869140
page(s): 106-107, pl. 1, fig. 1 [details] 
Type locality contained in USA  
type locality contained in USA (origin: native) [details]
, Note Delaware Bay  
Type locality Delaware Bay [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cyrena purpurea H. C. Lea, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=539336 on 2025-04-01
Date
action
by
2010-11-10 15:53:17Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2010-11-10 16:07:33Z
checked
Huber, Markus
2020-08-03 15:26:09Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2021-11-27 18:13:49Z
changed
Auffenberg, Kurt

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Nomenclature

original description Lea, H.C. (1842). Descriptions of eight new species of shells native to the United States. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 42: 106-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30869140
page(s): 106-107, pl. 1, fig. 1 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Type locality Delaware Bay [details]
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 

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