WoRMS taxon details
Miodontiscus Dall, 1903
492195 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492195)
accepted
Genus
Miodon prolongatus P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Miodontiscus prolongatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (type by original designation)
Cardita (Miodon) P. P. Carpenter, 1864 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardita (Miodontiscus) Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Miodon P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Miodon...)
invalid: junior homonym of Miodon Duméril, 1859 [Reptilia]; Miodontiscus is a replacement name
Venericardia (Miodontiscus) Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Miodontiscus annakensis (Oinomikado, 1939)
- Species Miodontiscus popovi Amano, Lutaenko & Haga, 2024
- Species Miodontiscus prolongatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
- Species Miodontiscus annakense [sic] accepted as Miodontiscus annakensis (Oinomikado, 1939) (incorrect gender ending)
- Species Miodontiscus meridionalis Dall, 1916 accepted as Miodontiscus prolongatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Miodontiscus minima [sic] accepted as Miodontiscus minimus (E. A. Smith, 1904) accepted as Coripia agulhasensis (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931) (incorrect gender ending)
- Species Miodontiscus minimus (E. A. Smith, 1904) accepted as Coripia agulhasensis (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931)
- Species Miodontiscus prolongatum [sic] accepted as Miodontiscus prolongatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (incorrect gender ending)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Dall, W. H. (1903). [A note on the name <i>Miodon</i>]. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 16(12): 143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1754424 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Miodontiscus Dall, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492195 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Dall, W. H. (1903). [A note on the name <i>Miodon</i>]. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 16(12): 143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1754424 [details]
original description (of Miodon P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651, https://archive.org/details/reportofbritisha64brit/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 642 [details]
basis of record 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): 339 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Miodon P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651, https://archive.org/details/reportofbritisha64brit/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 642 [details]
basis of record 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): 339 [details] Available for editors
[request]
