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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)

 unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Genus
Mytilus hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Species Avicula gruneri Dunker, 1872 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  2. Species Avicula jeffreysii Dunker, 1879 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  3. Species Avicula aculeata Risso, 1826 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  4. Species Avicula anglica T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  5. Species Avicula britannica Leach, 1852 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  6. Species Avicula falcata Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  7. Species Avicula plicatula Dunker, 1872 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Species Avicula radiata Leach, 1814 accepted as Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814) (original combination)
  9. Species Avicula tarentina Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  10. Species Avicula undata Dunker, 1879 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  11. Species Avicula versicolor Dunker, 1879 accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  12. Species Avicula vexillum Reeve, 1857 accepted as Electroma vexillum (Reeve, 1857)
  13. Species Avicula vitrea Reeve, 1857 accepted as Pteria vitrea (Reeve, 1857) accepted as Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): pl. 177 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Avicula Bruguière, 1792. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204772 on 2026-09-01
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Avicula Bruguière, 1792. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=204772 on 2026-09-01
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2000-10-10 09:09:28Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-06 06:55:51Z
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Martinez, Olga
2010-07-10 09:41:30Z
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Gofas, Serge
2011-03-12 15:24:03Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2015-06-06 20:45:37Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2021-09-19 19:44:10Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2022-12-27 21:03:36Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2023-04-01 20:03:17Z
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Schneider, Simon
2025-12-31 01:45:26Z
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Marshall, Bruce

original description Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): pl. 177 [details] 

source of synonymy Korobkov, I.A. (1954). ?????????? ? ???????????? ??????????? ?? ????????? ?????????: ??????????????????? [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 180 [details] 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 63477 Exterior) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 63477 Pearl) 
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