Periploma excurva Carpenter, 1856

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Considered a nomen dubium by (MolluscaBase eds, 2024).

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: <1856

Distribution

Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References 

Original scientific description:

Carpenter, P. P. (1856). Description of (supposed) new species and varieties of shells, from the Californian and West Mexican coasts principally in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855: 228-235.

Other references:

Carlton, James T. (2023). Marine Invertebrate Neoextinctions: An Update and Call for Inventories of Globally Missing Species. Diversity 15(6): 782. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15060782

Coan, E. V. and Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve Seashells of tropical West America: Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru; Parts 1 and 2. Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. 1258 pp.

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.

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Periploma excurva P. P. Carpenter, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=542543 on 2024-10-03

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