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Monia J. E. Gray, 1850

153020  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153020)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Pectinida (Order)
  8. Anomioidea (Superfamily)
  9. Anomiidae (Family)
  10. Monia (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Placunanomia zealandica [sic] accepted as Monia zelandica (J. E. Gray, 1843) (type by subsequent designation)
Monia (Monia) J. E. Gray, 1850 · alternative representation
Monia (Tenuimonia) M. Huber, 2010 · alternative representation
Pododesmus (Monia) J. E. Gray, 1850 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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  1. Species Monia alternans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) †
  2. Species Monia colon (J. E. Gray, 1850)
  3. Species Monia deliciosa Iredale, 1936
  4. Species Monia nobilis (Reeve, 1859)
  5. Species Monia timida Iredale, 1939
  6. Species Monia zelandica (J. E. Gray, 1843)
  7. Species Monia aculeata (O. F. Müller, 1776) accepted as Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) (dubious synonym)
  8. Species Monia alberti Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 accepted as Isomonia alberti (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
  9. Species Monia cladocorae Parenzan, 1974 accepted as Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  10. Species Monia cymbula (Tate, 1886) † accepted as Anomia cymbula Tate, 1886 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  11. Species Monia furcilla Marwick, 1928 † accepted as Monia zelandica (J. E. Gray, 1843) (junior subjective synonym)
  12. Species Monia glauca Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Monia squama (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Pododesmus squama (Gmelin, 1791)
  13. Species Monia macrochisma (Deshayes, 1839) accepted as Pododesmus macrochisma (Deshayes, 1839)
  14. Species Monia patelliformis (Linnaeus, 1761) accepted as Pododesmus patelliformis (Linnaeus, 1761)
  15. Species Monia squama (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Pododesmus squama (Gmelin, 1791)
  16. Species Monia umbonata (A. Gould, 1861) accepted as Isomonia umbonata (A. Gould, 1861) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  17. Subgenus Monia (Isomonia) Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897 represented as Isomonia Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 (original rank as subgenus)
  18. Subgenus Monia (Monia) J. E. Gray, 1850 represented as Monia J. E. Gray, 1850
  19. Subgenus Monia (Tenuimonia) M. Huber, 2010 represented as Monia J. E. Gray, 1850
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1850). On the species of Anomiadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1849) 17: 113-124., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572546 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Monia J. E. Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153020 on 2025-04-04
Date
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2005-04-14 07:47:17Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2012-07-14 18:15:09Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2016-02-19 19:07:53Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2017-02-06 20:23:12Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2023-10-04 16:39:55Z
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Auffenberg, Kurt

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J. E. (1850). On the species of Anomiadae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1849) 17: 113-124., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572546 [details] 

original description (of Monia (Tenuimonia) M. Huber, 2010) Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 619 [details] 

Other

additional source Holmes A.M. (2017). Phylogenetics of British saddle oysters (Bivalvia: Anomiidae) - A review of the shell morphology, internal anatomy and genetics of Pododesmus in British waters. Journal of Conchology. 42(5): 317-325. [details] 

 
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