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WoRMS taxon details

Saxidomus Conrad, 1837

AphiaID

367777 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367777)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Callocardiinae Dall, 1895

Original name

Saxidomus Conrad, 1837

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Species Saxidomus gigantea (Deshayes, 1839)
Species Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837
Species Saxidomus purpurata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852)
Species Saxidomus arata A. A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Saxidomus aratus A. A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Saxidomus arata A. A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Species Saxidomus brevisiphonatus P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Ezocallista brevisiphonata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Saxidomus decussata Deshayes, 1853 accepted as Leukoma decussata (Deshayes, 1853)
Species Saxidomus giganteus (Deshayes, 1839) accepted as Saxidomus gigantea (Deshayes, 1839) (incorrect gender ending; Saxidomus is feminine)
Species Saxidomus purpuratus [sic] accepted as Saxidomus purpurata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet, incorrect gender ending; Saxidomus is feminine)
Species Saxidomus squalidus Deshayes, 1853 accepted as Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

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): 249 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Saxidomus Conrad, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367777 on 2026-04-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-09-30 07:48:57Z

created

Decock, Wim

2013-01-06 16:11:04Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-03-30 15:32:39Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2021-04-15 09:01:17Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-01-09 19:51:35Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

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Nomenclature

original description 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): 249 [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]