Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Myida > Superfamily Pholadoidea > Family Pholadidae > Subfamily Martesiinae

Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Martesia (Martesia)*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1824	synonym; alternate representation
*Martesia (Martesiella)*	A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898	synonym

Children

Martesia fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description	Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby.
additional source	Palekar, V. C. & Bal, D. V. (1955). Marine organisms injurious to submerged timber in the Bombay Harbour. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 53(2): 201-204, 1 pl., 12 text-figs., 1 map.
redescription	Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156864