Calyptogena magnifica Boss & R.D.Turner, 1980

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Boss, K. J., & Turner, R. D. (1980). The giant white clam from the Galapagos Rift, Calyptogena magnifica species novum. Malacologia, 20(1): 161–194. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=141336

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Bivalvia

order

Venerida

family

Vesicomyidae

genus

Turneroconcha

species

Turneroconcha magnifica

Name

Homonyms

Calyptogena magnifica Boss & R.D.Turner, 1980

Common names

ガラパゴスシロウリガイ in 日语

Bibliographic References

1. Boss K.J. & Turner R.D. (1980). The giant white clam from the Galapagos Rift, <i>Calyptogena</i> magnifica species novum. <em>Malacologia.</em> 20(1): 161-194.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Krylova, E. M.; Sahling, H. (2020). A new genus <em>Turneroconcha</em> (Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae: Pliocardiinae) for the giant hydrothermal vent clam '<em>Calyptogena</em>' <em>magnifica</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4808(1): 79-100.
5. Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
6. Stuardo, J. & Valdovinos, C., 1988. A new bathyal Calyptogena from off of the coast of central Chile (Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae). Venus 47(4): 241-250.