North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

Traits taxon details

Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824

AphiaID

156864 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156864)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Martesiinae U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931

Orig. name

Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824

Synonymised names

Martesia (Martesia) G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 · alternative representation

Martesia (Particoma) Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 · alternative representation

Direct children (22)

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Species Martesia aperta (Deshayes, 1824) †
Species Martesia baudoni (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Martesia conoidea (Deshayes, 1824) †
Species Martesia cuneiformis (Say, 1822)
Species Martesia delecta (Deshayes, 1856) †
Species Martesia elegans (Deshayes, 1856) †
Species Martesia elegantula Tate, 1898 †
Species Martesia fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Species Martesia heberti (Deshayes, 1856) †
Species Martesia mazantica Castañeda-Posadas, Trujillo-Hernández & Zúñiga-Mijangos, 2021 †
Species Martesia multistriata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Species Martesia nairi R. D. Turner & Santhakumaran, 1989
Species Martesia pygmaea S. Tchang, C.-Y. Tsi & K.-M. Li, 1960
Species Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Martesia mazanticus Castañeda-Posadas, Trujillo-Hernández & Zúñiga-Mijangos, 2021 † accepted as Martesia mazantica Castañeda-Posadas, Trujillo-Hernández & Zúñiga-Mijangos, 2021 † (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
Subgenus Martesia (Martesia) G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 represented as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
1. Species Martesia (Martesia) fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 represented as Martesia fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
2. Species Martesia (Martesia) striata (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Martesia (Particoma) Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 represented as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
1. Species Martesia (Particoma) cuneiformis (Say, 1822) represented as Martesia cuneiformis (Say, 1822)
Species Martesia pumila Ortmann, 1900 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Martesia texana G. D. Harris, 1895 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): part xxiii; note: Name attributed by Sowerby to Leach MS. Established in synonymy, but available because it has been used as valid before 1960. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156864 on 2024-05-12

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024). Marine Species Traits. Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156864 on 2024-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-20 07:57:29Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-07-10 09:41:30Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2010-08-02 10:05:06Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2013-01-14 21:56:30Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-10-28 06:00:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): part xxiii; note: Name attributed by Sowerby to Leach MS. Established in synonymy, but available because it has been used as valid before 1960. [details]

original description (of Martesia (Particoma) Bartsch & Rehder, 1945) Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. (1945). The West Atlantic boring mollusks of the genus Martesia. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 104(11): 1-16, pls. 1-3 [2 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27082792
page(s): 5 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

additional source Palekar, V. C. & Bal, D. V. (1955). Marine organisms injurious to submerged timber in the Bombay Harbour. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 53(2): 201-204, 1 pl., 12 text-figs., 1 map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48180555#page/268/ [details]

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]