WoRMS taxon details
Megayoldia A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897
138669 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138669)
accepted
Genus
Nucula thraciaeformis Storer, 1838 accepted as Megayoldia thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838) (type by original designation)
Megayoldia (Hataiyoldia) Kamada, 1962 † · alternative representation
Microyoldia A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Portlandia (Hataiyoldia) Kamada, 1962 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Portlandia (Megayoldia) A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Yoldia (Megayoldia) A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Megayoldia japonica (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Species Megayoldia lischkei (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Megayoldia martyria (Dall, 1897)
- Species Megayoldia montereyensis (Dall, 1893)
- Species Megayoldia thraciaeformis (Storer, 1838)
- Species Megayoldia toyamaensis (Kuroda, 1929) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Megayoldia kamtchatkana Scarlato, 1981 accepted as Megayoldia montereyensis (Dall, 1893) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1897). Revision of the genera of Ledidae and Nuculidae of the Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 4, 3: 51-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40360653
page(s): 55, 62 [details]
page(s): 55, 62 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megayoldia A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138669 on 2025-12-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1897). Revision of the genera of Ledidae and Nuculidae of the Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 4, 3: 51-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40360653
page(s): 55, 62 [details]
original description (of Microyoldia A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897) Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1897). Revision of the genera of Ledidae and Nuculidae of the Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 4, 3: 51-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40360653
page(s): 56, 62 [details]
original description (of Portlandia (Hataiyoldia) Kamada, 1962 †) Kamada, Y. (1962). Tertiary marine Mollusca from the Joban coal-field, Japan. <em>Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers.</em> 8: 1–187, 21 pls., available online at https://www.palaeo-soc-japan.jp/download/SP/SP8.pdf
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 55, 62 [details]
original description (of Microyoldia A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1897) Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1897). Revision of the genera of Ledidae and Nuculidae of the Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 4, 3: 51-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40360653
page(s): 56, 62 [details]
original description (of Portlandia (Hataiyoldia) Kamada, 1962 †) Kamada, Y. (1962). Tertiary marine Mollusca from the Joban coal-field, Japan. <em>Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers.</em> 8: 1–187, 21 pls., available online at https://www.palaeo-soc-japan.jp/download/SP/SP8.pdf
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 189 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 189 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Image from typetaxon
