Petricola amygdalina G. B. Sowerby I, 1834

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Considered a nomen dubium by (MolluscBase eds., 2025).

Conservation Status

Missing (Carlton, 2023) if valid (MolluscBase eds., 2025)

Last record: <1834 (Carlton, 2023)

Distribution

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References 

Original scientific description:

Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). [Characters of new species of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 46-47. [26 September]

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. 

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Petricola amygdalina G. B. Sowerby I, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=715179 on 2025-07-01

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