WoRMS name details
Saxidomus purpuratus [sic]
367780 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367780)
unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet (incorrect gender ending; Saxidomus is feminine)
Species
Tapes purpurata G. B. Sowerby II, 1852 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tapes purpurata G. B. Sowerby II, 1852) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1852). Monograph of the genus <i>Tapes</i>. Fam. Veneridae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (13): 678–699, pls 145–151. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075860
page(s): 692 [details]
page(s): 692 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Saxidomus purpuratus [sic]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367780 on 2026-03-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tapes purpurata G. B. Sowerby II, 1852) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1852). Monograph of the genus <i>Tapes</i>. Fam. Veneridae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (13): 678–699, pls 145–151. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075860
page(s): 692 [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): 692 [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
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source 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): 380, photo 383 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source 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): 380, photo 383 [details] Available for editors
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