WoRMS taxon details
Amygdalum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
138213 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138213)
accepted
Genus
Amygdalum dendriticum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Amygdalum arborescens (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) (type by monotypy)
Modiella Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Modiola (Amygdalum) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted
Modiolus (Amygdalum) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Volsella (Amygdalum) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted
- Species Amygdalum americanum T. Soot-Ryen, 1955
- Species Amygdalum anoxicolum P. G. Oliver, 2001
- Species Amygdalum arborescens (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
- Species Amygdalum barbatiaeforme (K. Martin, 1916) †
- Species Amygdalum dolichum (Suter, 1917) †
- Species Amygdalum newcombi (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
- Species Amygdalum pallidulum (Dall, 1916)
- Species Amygdalum peasei (Newcomb, 1870)
- Species Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880)
- Species Amygdalum progoense (K. Martin, 1916) †
- Species Amygdalum sagittatum (Rehder, 1935)
- Species Amygdalum soyoae Habe, 1958
- Species Amygdalum striatum (F. W. Hutton, 1873)
- Species Amygdalum watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Amygdalum agglutinans (Cantraine, 1835) accepted as Lioberus agglutinans (Cantraine, 1835)
- Species Amygdalum beddomei Iredale, 1924 accepted as Amygdalum striatum (F. W. Hutton, 1873) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Amygdalum dendriticum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Amygdalum arborescens (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
- Species Amygdalum frixum Mörch, 1853 accepted as Barbatia amygdalumtostum (Röding, 1798)
- Species Amygdalum japonica (Dunker, 1857) accepted as Arcuatula japonica (Dunker, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amygdalum luteum (P. Fischer, 1882) accepted as Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Amygdalum papyrium (Conrad, 1846) accepted as Arcuatula papyria (Conrad, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amygdalum plumeum Kuroda & Habe, 1971 accepted as Amygdalum peasei (Newcomb, 1870)
marine
Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 69 [details]
page(s): 69 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amygdalum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138213 on 2025-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 69 [details]
original description (of Modiella Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 12 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 69 [details]
original description (of Modiella Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 12 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [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
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
