Galapagos Species Database

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Psammotreta dombei (Hanley, 1844)

Concha, Shell

Taxonomy

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

References

  • 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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