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Saxidomus Conrad, 1837 
AphiaID: 367777

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837 (type by monotypy)
Parent Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
Source  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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Saxidomus gigantea (Deshayes, 1839)
Species Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837
Species Saxidomus purpurata (Sowerby II, 1852)

Species Saxidomus arata (Gould, 1861) accepted as Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837
Species Saxidomus aratus Gould, 1861 accepted as Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837
Species Saxidomus brevisiphonata Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Ezocallista brevisiphonata (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Saxidomus decussata Deshayes, 1853 accepted as Leukoma decussata (Deshayes, 1853)
Species Saxidomus gibbosus Gabb, 1869 accepted as Compsomyax subdiaphana (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Saxidomus giganteus (Deshayes, 1839) accepted as Saxidomus gigantea (Deshayes, 1839)
Species Saxidomus purpuratus (Sowerby II, 1852) accepted as Saxidomus purpurata (Sowerby II, 1852)
Species Saxidomus squalidus Deshayes, 1853 accepted as Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837
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Image 
Saxidomus nuttalli
[image from typetaxon]
Saxidomus nuttalli
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367777
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-09-30 07:48:57Z  created  Decock, Wim
2013-01-06 16:11:04Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Saxidomus Conrad, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367777 on 2013-05-22
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