IRMNG - Athyris M'Coy in Griffith, 1844 †

IRMNG taxon details

Athyris M'Coy in Griffith, 1844 †

IRMNG_ID

1336485 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1336485)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Athyrididae McCoy, 1844 †

Synonymised names

Cleidothyris Paetel, 1875 † · unaccepted

Cliothyris Agassiz, 1846 † · unaccepted

Euthyris Quenstedt, 1869 † · unaccepted

Ithyris Bigsby, 1878 † · unaccepted

Spirithyris Quenstedt, 1868 † · unaccepted

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Species Athyris ambigua †
Species Athyris angelica †
Species Athyris animaspus †
Species Athyris capewelli †
Species Athyris concentrica (Buch, 1834) †
Species Athyris concentricus †
Species Athyris expansa Phillips †
Species Athyris globularis Phillips †
Species Athyris incrassatus †
Species Athyris lamellosa †
Species Athyris mettelrothi †
Species Athyris pectinifera †
Species Athyris roissyi †
Species Athyris spiriferoides †
Species Athyris squamigera †
Species Athyris subconcentrica †
Species Athyris sublamellosa †
Species Athyris subquadrata †
Species Athyris subtilata †
Species Athyris tumida †
Species Athyris undata †
Species Athyris vittata †

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

M'Coy, F. (1844). In R. Griffith (ed.) A Synopsis of the Characters of the Carboniferous Limestone Fossils of Ireland. Dublin: University Press. 207 pp.
page(s): 146 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2026). Athyris M'Coy in Griffith, 1844 †. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1336485 on 2026-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-10-18 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2012-02-16 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

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Sources (13)
Notes (1)

original description M'Coy, F. (1844). In R. Griffith (ed.) A Synopsis of the Characters of the Carboniferous Limestone Fossils of Ireland. Dublin: University Press. 207 pp.
page(s): 146 [details]

basis of record Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details]

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details]

habitat flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details]

original description (of Cliothyris Agassiz, 1846 †) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307
page(s): 90 [details]

original description (of Cleidothyris Paetel, 1875 †) Paetel, F. (1875). Die bisher veröffentlichten Familien- und Gattungsnamen der Mollusken / zusammengestellt von Fr. Paetel. Gebrüder Paetel. Berlin; 229 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10584
page(s): 45 [details]

original description (of Spirithyris Quenstedt, 1868 †) Petref. Dtschl., (1) 2 (1)
page(s): 30 [details]

original description (of Euthyris Quenstedt, 1869 †) Petref. Dtschl., 2, fasc. 3
page(s): 442 [details]

original description (of Ithyris Bigsby, 1878 †) Thesaur. Devon.-Carbon.
page(s): 36 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Marine, fossil: Devonian to Carboniferous (Sepkoski 2002) [details]