WoRMS taxon details
Caryocorbula porcella (Dall, 1916)
584713 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:584713)
accepted
Species
Corbula porcella Dall, 1916 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Corbula porcella Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 415-416 [details]
page(s): 415-416 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Caryocorbula porcella (Dall, 1916). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584713 on 2026-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Corbula porcella Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 415-416 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 49 [details]
page(s): 415-416 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 49 [details]
Taxonomy
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. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Corbula porcella Dall, 1916)
To Malacopics (Caryocorbula porcella (Dall, 1916) Mexico, Sonora, Bahía San Carlos, by dredging, a...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Corbula porcella Dall, 1916)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Corbula porcella Dall, 1916)
To Malacopics (Caryocorbula porcella (Dall, 1916) Mexico, Sonora, Bahía San Carlos, by dredging, a...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Corbula porcella Dall, 1916)
To ITIS