NARMS name details

Avicula Bruguière, 1792

204772  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204772)

 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Species Avicula aculeata Risso, 1826 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Avicula anglica T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Avicula britannica Leach, 1852 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Avicula candeana d'Orbigny, 1853 accepted as Malleus candeanus (d'Orbigny, 1853) (original combination)
Species Avicula eximia Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria sterna (Gould, 1851) (invalid: junior homonym of Pteria eximia de Verneuil, 1845)
Species Avicula falcata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Avicula jeffreysi Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Avicula occa Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada chemnitzii (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
Species Avicula plicatula Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Avicula radiata Leach, 1814 accepted as Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) (original combination)
Species Avicula savignyi Deshayes, 1830 accepted as Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Avicula tarentina Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Avicula undata Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Avicula versicolor Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Avicula vexillum Reeve, 1857 accepted as Electroma vexillum (Reeve, 1857)
Species Avicula vitrea Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria vitrea (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)

Species Avicula gruneri Dunker, 1872 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Avicula Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2023) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=204772 on 2023-06-06
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2023). European Register of Marine Species. Avicula Bruguière, 1792. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=204772 on 2023-06-06
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2000-10-10 09:09:28Z
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2006-09-06 06:55:51Z
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Martinez, Olga
2010-07-10 09:41:30Z
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2011-03-12 15:24:03Z
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2015-06-06 20:45:37Z
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2021-09-19 19:44:10Z
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2022-12-27 21:03:36Z
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2023-04-01 20:03:17Z
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basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]   
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Pteria hirundo
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Pteria hirundo
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Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Pteria hirundo
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Pteria hirundo
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