WoRMS taxon details
Platyodon cancellatus (Conrad, 1837)
505903 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505903)
accepted
Species
Cryptodonta myoides P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted
Mya (Platyodon) cancellata Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mya cancellata Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Mya (Platyodon) cancellata Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 236, pl. 18, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 236, pl. 18, fig. 2 [details]
Type locality contained in United States part of the North Pacific Ocean
type locality contained in United States part of the North Pacific Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Platyodon cancellatus (Conrad, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505903 on 2025-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mya (Platyodon) cancellata Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 236, pl. 18, fig. 2 [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): 236, pl. 18, fig. 2 [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]
Other
additional source
Chace, E. P. (1915). A repaired shell. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 28(12): 144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1750607 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications)
To Malacopics (Platyodon cancellatus (Conrad, 1837) United States, California, ex coll. G. van Roon .)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Platyodon cancellatus (Conrad, 1837) United States, California, ex coll. G. van Roon .)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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