WoRMS taxon details
Compsomyax subdiaphana (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
507527 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507527)
accepted
Species
Callista subdiaphana (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) · unaccepted
Callista subdiaphana pedroana R. Arnold, 1903 · unaccepted
Clementia obliqua Jukes-Browne, 1913 · unaccepted
Clementia subdiaphana P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted (original combination)
Meretrix iizukai Yokoyama, 1925 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Saxidomus gibbosus Gabb, 1869 · unaccepted
marine
(of Clementia subdiaphana P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 640 [details]
page(s): 640 [details]
Type locality contained in Washington (State)
type locality contained in Washington (State) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Compsomyax subdiaphana (P. P. Carpenter, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507527 on 2026-01-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Clementia obliqua Jukes-Browne, 1913) Jukes-Browne, A.J. (1913). On a new species of <i>Clementia</i>. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 8, 12: 58-62, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099545
page(s): 60, pl. 1 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Clementia subdiaphana P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 640 [details]
original description (of Meretrix iizukai Yokoyama, 1925 †) Yokoyama, M. (1925). Molluscan remains from the uppermost part of the Jô-ban coal-field. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University, Tōkyō.</em> 45(5): 1-34, pls. 1-6.
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Saxidomus gibbosus Gabb, 1869) Gabb, W. M. (1866-1869). Geological Survey of California. Palaeontology. Volume II. Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils. <em>Palaeontology. Volume II.</em> 1-38, pls. 1-13 [Feb 1866]; 39-299, pls. 14-36 [1869?]; i-xiv [1869]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2066671
page(s): 58 [details]
basis of record Valentich-Scott P. (1998). Class Bivalvia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 97-173. [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 60, pl. 1 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Clementia subdiaphana P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 640 [details]
original description (of Meretrix iizukai Yokoyama, 1925 †) Yokoyama, M. (1925). Molluscan remains from the uppermost part of the Jô-ban coal-field. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University, Tōkyō.</em> 45(5): 1-34, pls. 1-6.
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Saxidomus gibbosus Gabb, 1869) Gabb, W. M. (1866-1869). Geological Survey of California. Palaeontology. Volume II. Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils. <em>Palaeontology. Volume II.</em> 1-38, pls. 1-13 [Feb 1866]; 39-299, pls. 14-36 [1869?]; i-xiv [1869]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2066671
page(s): 58 [details]
basis of record Valentich-Scott P. (1998). Class Bivalvia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 97-173. [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Callista subdiaphana (P. P. Carpenter, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Clementia subdiaphana P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To Conchology (Compsomyax subdiaphana)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Compsomyax subdiaphana)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Compsomyax subdiaphana (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) United States, California, Los Angel...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Clementia subdiaphana Holotype USNM 4541) (from synonym Clementia subdiaphana P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Clementia subdiaphana Holotype USNM 4541) (from synonym Clementia subdiaphana P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Clementia subdiaphana P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Callista subdiaphana (P. P. Carpenter, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Clementia subdiaphana P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To Conchology (Compsomyax subdiaphana)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Compsomyax subdiaphana)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Compsomyax subdiaphana (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) United States, California, Los Angel...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Clementia subdiaphana Holotype USNM 4541) (from synonym Clementia subdiaphana P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Clementia subdiaphana Holotype USNM 4541) (from synonym Clementia subdiaphana P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Clementia subdiaphana P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
