WoRMS taxon details
Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837
367778 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367778)
accepted
Species
Saxidomus arata A. A. Gould, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Saxidomus aratus A. A. Gould, 1861 · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Saxidomus nuttalli latus R. B. Stewart, 1940 † · unaccepted
Saxidomus squalidus Deshayes, 1853 · unaccepted
Tapes gracilis A. A. Gould, 1855 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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, pl. 19 fig. 12 [details]
page(s): 249, pl. 19 fig. 12 [details]
Type locality contained in California
type locality contained in California [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367778 on 2026-05-19
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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, pl. 19 fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Saxidomus aratus A. A. Gould, 1861) Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 382-389, 400 [January 1861], 401-409 [February 1861]; 8: 14-32 [March 1861], 33-40 [April 1861]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249942
page(s): 30. [details]
original description (of Saxidomus squalidus Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 188 [details]
original description (of Tapes gracilis A. A. Gould, 1855) Gould, A. A. (1855). Catalogue of shells collected in California by W. P. Blake, with descriptions of the new species, pp. 22–28, <i>in</i> Blake, W. P. (ed.), <i>Description of the fossils and shells collected in California. Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report. Palaentology</i>. War Department, Washington, D.C., 34 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.19489
page(s): 27. [details]
original description (of Saxidomus nuttalli latus R. B. Stewart, 1940 †) Woodring, W. P., Stewart, R. & Richards, R. W. (1940). Geology of the Kettleman Hills Oil Field, California. Stratigraphy, paleontology, and structure. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Papers.</em> 195: 1-170., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp195
page(s): 94, pl. 8, fig. 15, pl. 16, fig. 8, pl. 33, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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): 249, pl. 19 fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Saxidomus aratus A. A. Gould, 1861) Gould, A. A. (1861). Description of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 382-389, 400 [January 1861], 401-409 [February 1861]; 8: 14-32 [March 1861], 33-40 [April 1861]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249942
page(s): 30. [details]
original description (of Saxidomus squalidus Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 188 [details]
original description (of Tapes gracilis A. A. Gould, 1855) Gould, A. A. (1855). Catalogue of shells collected in California by W. P. Blake, with descriptions of the new species, pp. 22–28, <i>in</i> Blake, W. P. (ed.), <i>Description of the fossils and shells collected in California. Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report. Palaentology</i>. War Department, Washington, D.C., 34 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.19489
page(s): 27. [details]
original description (of Saxidomus nuttalli latus R. B. Stewart, 1940 †) Woodring, W. P., Stewart, R. & Richards, R. W. (1940). Geology of the Kettleman Hills Oil Field, California. Stratigraphy, paleontology, and structure. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Papers.</em> 195: 1-170., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp195
page(s): 94, pl. 8, fig. 15, pl. 16, fig. 8, pl. 33, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Saxidomus aratus A. A. Gould, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Saxidomus nuttalli)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Saxidomus aratus A. A. Gould, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Saxidomus nuttalli)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad, 1837)
To ITIS
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