Galapagos Species Database
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Psammotreta dombei
Concha, Shell
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Cardiida
Superfamily
Tellinoidea
Family
Tellinidae
Genus
Psammotreta
Species
dombei
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Tellina dombei, Tellina dombeyi, Psammobia sp., Apolymetis dombei, Psammotreta dombei (Cauquoin, 1968). Syn.: Florimetis dombei (Hanley, 1844), Psammotreta (Leporimetis) dombei (Hanley, 1844), Psammotreta (Leporimetis) excavata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1867), Psammotreta excavata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1867), Scrobicularia producta Carpenter, 1856, Tellina dombei Hanley, 1844, Tellina excavata G. B. Sowerby II, 1867 (Horton et al., 2021). Syn.: Florimetis dombei (Hanley, 1844), Leporimetis dombei (Hanley, 1844), Leporimetis excavata (Sowerby, 1867), Psammotreta dombei (Hanley, 1844), Psammotreta excavata (G.B.Sowerby II, 1867), Psammotreta excavata (G.B.Sowerby II, 1867), Scrobicularia producta Carpenter, 1856, Tellina dombei Hanley, 1844, Tellina excavata G.B.Sowerby II, 1867 (GBIF Secretariat, 2021).
Origin: Native
- Cauquoin, M. (1968) Mollusques récoltés par M. Hoffstetter sur les côtes de l'Equateur et aux Iles Galapagos - Tellinidae. Cauquoin, M. (1968). Mollusques récoltés par M. Hoffstetter sur les cotes de l’Equateur et aux Îles Galapagos : Tellinidae. Bulletin Du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 167–185.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Psammotreta dombei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19851. Accessed 4 November 2026.