WoRMS taxon details
Solamen megas (Dall, 1902)
506183 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506183)
accepted
Species
Crenella megas Dall, 1902 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Crenella megas Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American in the U. S. National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 24 (1264): 499-566, pls 27-40., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782353
page(s): 559 [details]
page(s): 559 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Solamen megas (Dall, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506183 on 2026-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Crenella megas Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured, or imperfectly known shells, chiefly American in the U. S. National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 24 (1264): 499-566, pls 27-40., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15782353
page(s): 559 [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): 559 [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]
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]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Crenella megas Holotype USNM 96256) (from synonym Crenella megas Dall, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Crenella megas Dall, 1902)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (Crenella megas Holotype USNM 96256) (from synonym Crenella megas Dall, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Crenella megas Dall, 1902)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
