Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Anomalodesmata > Superfamily Verticordioidea > Family Lyonsiellidae > Genus Policordia

Policordia gemma (A. E. Verrill, 1880)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Policordia*	Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938	accepted genus name
*Polycordia*		orthographic variant
*Polycordia*		synonym

Species group names

*Lyonsiella gemma*	Verrill, 1880	synonym
*Pecchiolia insculpta*	Jeffreys, 1882	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Poutiers, J.M. & F.R. Bernard. 1995. Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. In : P. BOUCHET (ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, vol. 14. Mémoires Muséum national Histoire naturelle, 167 : 107-187.
additional source	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Policordia gemma (A. E. Verrill, 1880). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141953