WoRMS taxon details
Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880)
140435 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140435)
accepted
Species
Amygdalum luteum (P. Fischer, 1882) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Modiola (Amygdalum) polita A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Modiola lutea P. Fischer, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Modiola polita A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Modiolaria polita (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Modiola polita A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880) Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336 [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy
type locality contained in Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140435 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Modiola lutea P. Fischer, 1882) Fischer, P. (1882-1883). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours des expéditions scientifiques de l'aviso "Le Travailleur" (1880 et 1881). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 30(1): 49-53 [31 May 1882]; 30(4): 273-277 [22 March 1883]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16222876
page(s): 52-53 [details]
original description (of Modiola polita A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880) Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336 [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): 52-53 [details]
original description (of Modiola polita A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880) Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336 [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]
Identification resource
identification resource
Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 218-219 [details]
page(s): 218-219 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1973). Notes on some benthic Mollusca from Natal and Moçambique with descriptions of new species and subspecies of <i>Calliostoma, Solariella, Latiaxis, Babylonia, Fusinus, Bathytoma</i> and <i>Conus</i>. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 21(3): 557-578.
page(s): 576 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Oliver, P. G. (2001). Functional morphology and description of a new species of <i>Amygdalum</i> (Bivalvia: Mytiloidea) from the Oxygen Minimum Zone of the Arabian Seas. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 67: 225-241. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Valentich-Scott P. (1998). Class Bivalvia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 97-173. [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1973). Notes on some benthic Mollusca from Natal and Moçambique with descriptions of new species and subspecies of <i>Calliostoma, Solariella, Latiaxis, Babylonia, Fusinus, Bathytoma</i> and <i>Conus</i>. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 21(3): 557-578.
page(s): 576 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Oliver, P. G. (2001). Functional morphology and description of a new species of <i>Amygdalum</i> (Bivalvia: Mytiloidea) from the Oxygen Minimum Zone of the Arabian Seas. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 67: 225-241. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Valentich-Scott P. (1998). Class Bivalvia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 97-173. [details]
additional source 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Modiola lutea P. Fischer, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Modiola polita A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880)
To Conchology (Amygdalum politum)
To Conchology (Amygdalum politum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amygdalum politum)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Modiola polita A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880)
To Malacopics (Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 188) France, Corse, Corse-du-Sud, at 2...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Modiolaria polita (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880))
To PESI (from synonym Modiola lutea P. Fischer, 1882)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Modiola lutea P. Fischer, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Modiola polita A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880)
To Conchology (Amygdalum politum)
To Conchology (Amygdalum politum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amygdalum politum)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Modiola polita A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880)
To Malacopics (Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 188) France, Corse, Corse-du-Sud, at 2...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Modiolaria polita (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880))
To PESI (from synonym Modiola lutea P. Fischer, 1882)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
