WoRMS name details
Saxidomus giganteus (Deshayes, 1839)
367779 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367779)
unaccepted (incorrect gender ending; Saxidomus is feminine)
Species
- Variety Saxidomus giganteus var. brevis Dall, 1916 accepted as Saxidomus gigantea (Deshayes, 1839) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
(of Venerupis gigantea Deshayes, 1839) Deshayes, G. P. (1839). Nouvelles espèces de mollusques, provenant des côtes de la Californie, du Mexique, du Kamtschatka et de la Nouvelle-Zélande. <em>Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne.</em> 2(12): 356-361., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2299248
page(s): 359 [details]
page(s): 359 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Saxidomus giganteus (Deshayes, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367779 on 2026-06-07
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Nomenclature
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(of Venerupis gigantea Deshayes, 1839) Deshayes, G. P. (1839). Nouvelles espèces de mollusques, provenant des côtes de la Californie, du Mexique, du Kamtschatka et de la Nouvelle-Zélande. <em>Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne.</em> 2(12): 356-361., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2299248
page(s): 359 [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): 359 [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]
Other
additional source
Stearns, R. E. C. (1904). Clam-orous crows. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 17(10): 120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1726543 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
