WoRMS taxon details
Tresus capax (A. Gould, 1850)
367776 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367776)
accepted
Species
Lutraria capax A. Gould, 1850 · unaccepted (original combination)
Lutraria maxima Middendorff, 1849 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Lutraria maxima Jonas, 1844
Schizothaerus capax (Conrad, 1850) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Schizothaerus nuttallii capax (A. Gould, 1850) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Schizothaerus nuttallii var. capax (A. Gould, 1850) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Schizothaerus nuttallii var. maxima (Middendorff, 1849) · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Lutraria maxima Jonas, 1840)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lutraria capax A. Gould, 1850) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870453
page(s): 217. [details]
page(s): 217. [details]
Type locality contained in Puget Sound
type locality contained in Puget Sound [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tresus capax (A. Gould, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367776 on 2025-10-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lutraria capax A. Gould, 1850) Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870453
page(s): 217. [details]
original description (of Lutraria maxima Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff A.T. von. (1849). Beiträge zu einer Malacozoologia Rossica. III. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Zweischaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, ser. 6, Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6: 517-608, pl. 12-21., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015377
page(s): 582, pl. 19, figs. 1-4 [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): 217. [details]
original description (of Lutraria maxima Middendorff, 1849) Middendorff A.T. von. (1849). Beiträge zu einer Malacozoologia Rossica. III. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Zweischaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, ser. 6, Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6: 517-608, pl. 12-21., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015377
page(s): 582, pl. 19, figs. 1-4 [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 (14 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Lutraria maxima Middendorff, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) (from synonym Lutraria maxima Middendorff, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutraria maxima) (from synonym Lutraria maxima Middendorff, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tresus capax)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Malacopics (Tresus capax (A. Gould, 1850) Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Patricia Bay, sandy bottom , by diving, collected 1st April 1971, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutraria capax Holotype USNM 3884) (from synonym Lutraria capax A. Gould, 1850)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Lutraria capax A. Gould, 1850)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Lutraria maxima Middendorff, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) (from synonym Lutraria maxima Middendorff, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutraria maxima) (from synonym Lutraria maxima Middendorff, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tresus capax)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Malacopics (Tresus capax (A. Gould, 1850) Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Patricia Bay, sandy bottom , by diving, collected 1st April 1971, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lutraria capax Holotype USNM 3884) (from synonym Lutraria capax A. Gould, 1850)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Lutraria capax A. Gould, 1850)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
