Tapes gracilis Gould, 1855

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Gould, A. A. (1855). Catalogue of shells collected in California by W. P. Blake, with descriptions of the new species, pp. 22–28, in Blake, W. P. (ed.), Description of the fossils and shells collected in California. Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report. Palaentology. War Department, Washington, D.C., 34 pp. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=343421

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Bivalvia

order

Venerida

family

Veneridae

genus

Saxidomus

species

Saxidomus nuttalli

Name

Homonyms

Tapes gracilis Gould, 1855

Bibliographic References

1. 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.
2. Gould, A. A. (1855). Catalogue of shells collected in California by W. P. Blake, with descriptions of the new species, pp. 22–28, <i>in</i> Blake, W. P. (ed.), <i>Description of the fossils and shells collected in California. Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report. Palaentology</i>. War Department, Washington, D.C., 34 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.