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Avicula Bruguière, 1792

Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from Malaga harhour, Spain (actual size 80 mm)
Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from Malaga harhour, Spain (actual size 80 mm)

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Ostreida (Order)
  8. Pterioidea (Superfamily)
  9. Pteriidae (Family)
  10. Avicula (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Auricula [sic] · unaccepted

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  1. Subgenus Avicula (Meleagrina) Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798
    1. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) atropurpurea Dunker, 1852 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
    2. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) capensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1890 accepted as Pinctada capensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1890) (basionym)
    3. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) concinna Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) (synonym)
    4. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) fimbriata Dunker, 1852 accepted as Pteria sterna (A. Gould, 1851) (synonym)
    5. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) horrida Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798 (synonym)
    6. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) japonica Dunker, 1879 accepted as Pinctada fucata (A. Gould, 1850)
    7. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) longisquamosa Dunker, 1852 accepted as Pinctada longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852) (original combination)
    8. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) magellanica Stempell, 1899 accepted as Philobrya magellanica (Stempell, 1899) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    9. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) martensii Dunker, 1880 accepted as Pinctada fucata (A. Gould, 1850) (synonym)
    10. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) petersii Dunker, 1852 accepted as Pinctada petersii (Dunker, 1852)
    11. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) reentsii Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) (synonym)
    12. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) reeveana Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pinctada reeveana (Dunker, 1872) (synonym)
    13. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) scheepmakeri Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) (synonym)
    14. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) sugillata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada sugillata (Reeve, 1857)
    15. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) tristis Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) (synonym)
    16. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) badia Dunker, 1852 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
    17. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) bicolor Dunker, 1880 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    18. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) citrina Dunker, 1852 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
    19. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) echina Dunker, 1872 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    20. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) grisea Dunker, 1872 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    21. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) lichtensteini Dunker, 1852 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
    22. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) olivacea Dunker, 1872 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    23. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) pallida Dunker, 1872 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, invalid: junior homonym of Avicula pallida Conrad, 1837)
    24. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) tamsiana Dunker, 1852 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
    25. Species Avicula (Meleagrina) varia Dunker, 1872 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  2. Subgenus Avicula (Stempellia) Odhner, 1922 accepted as Philobrya J. G. Cooper, 1867 (junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Avicula (Stempellia) aequivalvis Odhner, 1922 accepted as Philobrya aequivalvis (Odhner, 1922) (basionym)
  3. Species Avicula aculeata Risso, 1826 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  4. Species Avicula aegyptiaca Pallary, 1926 accepted as Pteria savignyi (Deshayes, 1830) accepted as Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn, 1817)
  5. Species Avicula aerata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada fucata (A. Gould, 1850) (synonym)
  6. Species Avicula alaperdicis Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798 (synonym)
  7. Species Avicula anglica T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  8. Species Avicula anomioides Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) (synonym)
  9. Species Avicula aquatilis Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria heteroptera (Lamarck, 1819)
  10. Species Avicula atlantica Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria atlantica (Lamarck, 1819)
  11. Species Avicula barbata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada mazatlanica (Hanley, 1856) (synonym)
  12. Species Avicula brevialata Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pteria brevialata (Dunker, 1872) accepted as Pteria heteroptera (Lamarck, 1819)
  13. Species Avicula brevicauda Deshayes, 1830 accepted as Pteria atlantica (Lamarck, 1819) (synonym)
  14. Species Avicula britannica Leach, 1852 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  15. Species Avicula brunnea Pease, 1863 accepted as Pteria brunnea (Pease, 1863)
  16. Species Avicula candeana A. d'Orbigny, 1853 accepted as Malleus candeanus (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) (original combination)
  17. Species Avicula castanea Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria heteroptera (Lamarck, 1819)
  18. Species Avicula chemnitzii R. A. Philippi, 1849 accepted as Pinctada chemnitzii (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  19. Species Avicula chinensis Leach, 1814 accepted as Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802) (synonym)
  20. Species Avicula cochenhauseni Dunker, 1872 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)
  21. Species Avicula communis Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  22. Species Avicula cornea Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798) (invalid: homonym of Avicula cornea Dunker, 1852. Avicula jamaicensis Dunker, 1879 is a replacement name)
  23. Species Avicula costellata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)
  24. Species Avicula coturnix Dunker, 1879 accepted as Pteria maura (Reeve, 1857)
  25. Species Avicula crocea Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802) (synonym)
  26. Species Avicula cumingii Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  27. Species Avicula cypsellus Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pteria peasei (Dunker, 1872)
  28. Species Avicula electrina Reeve, 1857 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)
  29. Species Avicula eximia Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria sterna (A. Gould, 1851) (invalid: junior homonym of Pteria eximia de Verneuil, 1845)
  30. Species Avicula falcata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  31. Species Avicula fibrosa Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria fibrosa (Reeve, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  32. Species Avicula fimbriata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) (invalid: junior homonym of Avicula (Meleagrina) fimbricata Dunker, 1852)
  33. Species Avicula flabellum Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798 (synonym)
  34. Species Avicula flammata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)
  35. Species Avicula flexuosa Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) (synonym)
  36. Species Avicula fluctuosa Dunker, 1880 accepted as Pteria maccullochi (Iredale, 1939)
  37. Species Avicula formosa Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria formosa (Reeve, 1857)
  38. Species Avicula fucata A. Gould, 1850 accepted as Pinctada fucata (A. Gould, 1850)
  39. Species Avicula fuscopurpurea E. A. Smith, 1876 accepted as Electroma fuscopurpurea (E. A. Smith, 1876) (original combination)
  40. Species Avicula georgiana Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 accepted as Electroma papilionacea (Lamarck, 1819) (junior subjective synonym)
  41. Species Avicula gregata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria gregata (Reeve, 1857) (original combination)
  42. Species Avicula heteroptera Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria heteroptera (Lamarck, 1819)
  43. Species Avicula hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  44. Species Avicula hyalina Dunker, 1852 accepted as Electroma papilionacea (Lamarck, 1819) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  45. Species Avicula imbricata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) (junior secondary homonym of Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798)
  46. Species Avicula inquinata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria heteroptera (Lamarck, 1819)
  47. Species Avicula iridescens Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802) (synonym)
  48. Species Avicula irradians Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) (synonym)
  49. Species Avicula jamaicensis Dunker, 1879 accepted as Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798) (dubious synonym)
  50. Species Avicula japonica Dunker, 1852 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)
  51. Species Avicula jeffreysi Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
  52. Species Avicula lacunata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada fucata (A. Gould, 1850) (synonym)
  53. Species Avicula lata J. E. Gray, 1845 accepted as Pteria lata (J. E. Gray, 1845) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  54. Species Avicula lentiginosa Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada chemnitzii (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (synonym)
  55. Species Avicula libella Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria sterna (A. Gould, 1851) (synonym)
  56. Species Avicula livida Deshayes, 1830 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  57. Species Avicula lotorium Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) (synonym)
  58. Species Avicula loveni Dunker, 1879 accepted as Pteria gregata (Reeve, 1857)
  59. Species Avicula macroptera Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) (synonym)
  60. Species Avicula maculata A. Gould, 1850 accepted as Pinctada maculata (A. Gould, 1850) (superseded combination)
  61. Species Avicula magellanica Stempell, 1899 accepted as Philobrya magellanica (Stempell, 1899) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  62. Species Avicula malleoides Reeve, 1857 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)
  63. Species Avicula marmorata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
  64. Species Avicula maura Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria maura (Reeve, 1857)
  65. Species Avicula morio Leach, 1814 accepted as Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802) (synonym)
  66. Species Avicula muricata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada maculata (A. Gould, 1850) (junior subjective synonym)
  67. Species Avicula nigra A. Gould, 1850 accepted as Pinctada nigra (A. Gould, 1850) (superseded combination)
  68. Species Avicula nitida A. E. Verrill, 1881 accepted as Pteria vitrea (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
  69. Species Avicula occa Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada chemnitzii (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
  70. Species Avicula ochotica Keyserling, 1848 accepted as Entomonotis ochotica (Keyserling, 1848) †
  71. Species Avicula papilionacea Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Electroma papilionacea (Lamarck, 1819)
  72. Species Avicula peasei Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pteria peasei (Dunker, 1872) (synonym)
  73. Species Avicula peruviana Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria sterna (A. Gould, 1851) (synonym)
  74. Species Avicula perviridis Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada fucata (A. Gould, 1850) (synonym)
  75. Species Avicula physoides Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pterelectroma physoides (Lamarck, 1819) (original combination)
  76. Species Avicula pica A. Gould, 1852 accepted as Pinctada maculata (A. Gould, 1850) (synonym; junior primary homonym of Avicula pica Philippi, 1849.)
  77. Species Avicula placunoides Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) (synonym)
  78. Species Avicula plicatula Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  79. Species Avicula producta Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria avicular (Holten, 1802)
  80. Species Avicula pulchella Reeve, 1857 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)
  81. Species Avicula punctulata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Electroma papilionacea (Lamarck, 1819)
  82. Species Avicula radiata Leach, 1814 accepted as Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) (original combination)
  83. Species Avicula radiata Pease, 1863 accepted as Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) (invalid: junior homonym of Avicula radiata Leach, 1814)
  84. Species Avicula radiata Deshayes, 1830 accepted as Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) (unaccepted > junior homonym, and synonym)
  85. Species Avicula radula Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pinctada albina (Lamarck, 1819) (synonym)
  86. Species Avicula reticulata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria broomei M. Huber, 2010 (Invalid: junior homonym of Avicula reticulata Hisinger, 1831; Pteria broomei is a replacement name)
  87. Species Avicula rufa Dunker, 1849 accepted as Pteria heteroptera (Lamarck, 1819)
  88. Species Avicula rutila Reeve, 1857 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)
  89. Species Avicula savignyi Deshayes, 1830 accepted as Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn, 1817)
  90. Species Avicula scabriuscula Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria straminea (Dunker, 1852)
  91. Species Avicula scalpta Reeve, 1857 accepted as Electroma papilionacea (Lamarck, 1819)
  92. Species Avicula semisagitta Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) (synonym)
  93. Species Avicula serrulata Dunker, 1849 accepted as Pteria lata (J. E. Gray, 1845) (synonym)
  94. Species Avicula signata Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
  95. Species Avicula smaragdina Reeve, 1857 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)
  96. Species Avicula spadicea Dunker, 1852 accepted as Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)
  97. Species Avicula spectrum Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria spectrum (Reeve, 1857)
  98. Species Avicula squamulosa Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798 (synonym)
  99. Species Avicula sterna A. Gould, 1851 accepted as Pteria sterna (A. Gould, 1851) (superseded combination)
  100. Species Avicula straminea Dunker, 1852 accepted as Pteria straminea (Dunker, 1852)
  101. Species Avicula sugillata Reeve, 1857 (unaccepted, synonym)
  102. Species Avicula tarentina Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted, synonym)
  103. Species Avicula tegulata Reeve, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, junior homonym of Avicula tegulata Goldfuss, 1836)
  104. Species Avicula tortirostris Dunker, 1849 (unaccepted, original combination)
  105. Species Avicula trochilus Reeve, 1857 (unaccepted, synonym)
  106. Species Avicula undata Dunker, 1872 (unaccepted)
  107. Species Avicula venezuelensis Dunker, 1872 (unaccepted)
  108. Species Avicula verrilli Cossmann, 1912 (unaccepted)
  109. Species Avicula versicolor Dunker, 1872 (unaccepted)
  110. Species Avicula vexillum Reeve, 1857 (unaccepted)
  111. Species Avicula vidua A. Gould, 1850 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
  112. Species Avicula virens Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted)
  113. Species Avicula vitrea Reeve, 1857 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  114. Species Avicula vivesi Rochebrune, 1895 (unaccepted, synonym)
  115. Species Avicula zebra Reeve, 1857 (unaccepted, synonym)
  116. Species Avicula atrata Dunker, 1872 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  117. Species Avicula chloris R. A. Philippi, 1851 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  118. Species Avicula cornea Dunker, 1852 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  119. Species Avicula falcata Tapparone Canefri, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, invalid; not Lamarck, 1816)
  120. Species Avicula glabra A. Gould, 1850 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  121. Species Avicula gruneri Dunker, 1872 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  122. Species Avicula irrasa Reeve, 1857 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  123. Species Avicula largillierti R. A. Philippi, 1849 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  124. Species Avicula nigrofusca Dunker, 1872 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  125. Species Avicula pica R. A. Philippi, 1849 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  126. Species Avicula smithi Preston, 1910 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  127. Species Avicula squamosa Deshayes, 1830 (uncertain > unassessed)
  128. Species Avicula turdus R. A. Philippi, 1851 (uncertain > unassessed)
  129. Species Avicula vespertilio Deshayes, 1830 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
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Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
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MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Avicula Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204772 on 2024-11-22
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original description Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): pl. 177 [details] 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Auricula) (from synonym Auricula [sic])
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 63477 Exterior) 
From editor or global species database
Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from Malaga harhour, Spain (actual size 80 mm)
Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from Malaga harhour, Spain (actual size 80 mm)
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Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from Ampère seamount, 35°04'N, 12°55'W, 225-280 m, 'Seamount 1' sta. CP99 (actual size 88 mm)
Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from Ampère seamount, 35°04'N, 12°55'W, 225-280 m, 'Seamount 1' sta. CP99 (actual size 88 mm)
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Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Pteria hirundo
Pteria hirundo
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Pteria hirundo
Pteria hirundo
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To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 63477 Exterior)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 63477 Exterior)
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