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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae | Polymesoda

species Polymesoda inflata (Philippi, 1851): synonymy

1 specimen

Synonymy

Cyrena inflata Philippi, 1851

Philippi, 1851. Z. Malak.: 71.

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataMartens (1900), Olsson (1961), Keen (1971)
Polymesoda inflataWoRMS (2012), OBIS (2012)
Geloina inflataOBIS (2012)

Cyrena maritima C.B. Adams, 1852

C.B. Adams, 1852. Ann. Lyc. Natur. Hist. 5: 499.
(homonym of Cyrena maritima d’Orbigny, 1853)

Polymesoda (Cyrenocapsa) maritimaMartens (1900)
Polymesoda maritimaMorrison (1946)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataOlsson (1961), Keen (1971)

image of type lot

Cyrena cordiformis Récluz, 1853

Récluz, 1853. J. de Conch. 4: 251, pl. 7, fig. 9.
(renamed Cyrena recluzii Prime, 1865)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3367_02, [no locality available].

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata var. cordiformisMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataOlsson (1961), Keen (1971)

Cyrena dura Deshayes, 1854

Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 20, sp. 29.

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataKeen (1971)

Cyrena (Anomala) angulata Deshayes, 1854

Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 22, sp. 39.
(renamed Cyrena tumida Prime, 1865)

Polymesoda (s.s.) angulataMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataKeen (1971)

Cyrena (Anomala) inflata Deshayes, 1854

Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 23, sp. 40.
(homonym of Cyrena inflata Philippi, 1851; renamed Cyrena panamensis Prime, 1860)

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata var. panamensisMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataOlsson (1961), Keen (1971)

Cyrena panamensis Prime, 1860

Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 283.
Prime, 1861. J. de Conch. 9: 40.
(new name for Cyrena (Anomala) inflata Deshayes, 1854)

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata var. panamensisMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataOlsson (1961), Keen (1971)

Cyrena recluzii Prime, 1865

specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 24, fig. 19.
(new name for Cyrena cordiformis Récluz, 1853)

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata var. cordiformisMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataOlsson (1961), Keen (1971)

Cyrena tumida Prime, 1865

Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 26.
(new name for Cyrena (Anomala) angulata Deshayes, 1854)

Polymesoda (s.s.) angulataMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataKeen (1971)

Cyrena cardiformis Sowerby, 1878

Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 8, figs. 27a-b.

Polymesoda (Egeta) anomalaOlsson (1961)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataKeen (1971)

Cyrena isocardioides Dall, 1909

Dall, 1909. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 37(1704): 159, pl. 26, fig. 4.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena (Anomala) isocardioides Deshayes, 1854)

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataOlsson (1961)

Polymesoda joseana Morrison, 1946

Morrison, 1946. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 106(6): 44, pl. 1, figs. 12-14.

Polymesoda joseanaMorrison (1946)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataOlsson (1961), Keen (1971)

Cyrena maritima Sowerby, 1878

Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 8, fig. 30.
(reference to Cyrena maritima C.B. Adams, 1852)

Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata var. cordiformisMartens (1900)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Polymesoda (s.s.) angulataMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflataMartens (1900), Olsson (1961), Keen (1971)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata var. panamensisMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Egeta) inflata var. cordiformisMartens (1900)
Polymesoda (Cyrenocapsa) maritimaMartens (1900)
Polymesoda joseanaMorrison (1946)
Polymesoda maritimaMorrison (1946)
Polymesoda (Egeta) anomalaOlsson (1961)
Polymesoda inflataWoRMS (2012), OBIS (2012)
Geloina inflataOBIS (2012)

 
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