WoRMS taxon details
Lyonsia californica Conrad, 1837
506774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506774)
accepted
Species
Lyonsia californica var. haroldi Dall, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lyonsia gouldii Dall, 1915 · unaccepted
Osteodesma nitidum A. Gould, 1853 · unaccepted
- Variety Lyonsia californica var. haroldi Dall, 1915 accepted as Lyonsia californica Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Lyonsia californica var. nesiotes Dall, 1915 accepted as Lyonsia nesiotes Dall, 1915 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine
Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 248, pl. 19 fig. 21. [details]
page(s): 248, pl. 19 fig. 21. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyonsia californica Conrad, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506774 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 248, pl. 19 fig. 21. [details]
original description (of Lyonsia gouldii Dall, 1915) Dall, W. H. (1915). A review of some bivalve shells of the group Anatinacea from the west coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 49 (2116): 441–456., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15692570
page(s): 453 [details]
original description (of Osteodesma nitidum A. Gould, 1853) Gould, A. A. (1853). Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coasts of Mexico and California. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 374-407, pls 14-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32407065
page(s): 390, pl. 15, fig. 6. [details]
original description (of Lyonsia californica var. haroldi Dall, 1915) Dall, W. H. (1915). A review of some bivalve shells of the group Anatinacea from the west coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 49 (2116): 441–456., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15692570
page(s): 453 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 248, pl. 19 fig. 21. [details]
original description (of Lyonsia gouldii Dall, 1915) Dall, W. H. (1915). A review of some bivalve shells of the group Anatinacea from the west coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 49 (2116): 441–456., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15692570
page(s): 453 [details]
original description (of Osteodesma nitidum A. Gould, 1853) Gould, A. A. (1853). Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coasts of Mexico and California. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 374-407, pls 14-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32407065
page(s): 390, pl. 15, fig. 6. [details]
original description (of Lyonsia californica var. haroldi Dall, 1915) Dall, W. H. (1915). A review of some bivalve shells of the group Anatinacea from the west coast of America. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 49 (2116): 441–456., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15692570
page(s): 453 [details]
basis of record 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]
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
additional source
Pimenta, A. D. & Oliveira, C. D. C. (2013). Taxonomic review of the genus <i>Lyonsia</i> (Pelecypoda: Lyonsiidae) from east coast of South America, with description of a new species and notes on other Western Atlantic species. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 31(1): 75-84., available online at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.4003/006.031.0119 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Lyonsia gouldii Dall, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Malacopics (Lyonsia californica Conrad,1837 United States, Washington, San Juan, Park Bay)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lyonsia californica haroldi Holotype USNM 249967) (from synonym Lyonsia californica var. haroldi Dall, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Lyonsia californica var. haroldi Dall, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Lyonsia gouldii Dall, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Malacopics (Lyonsia californica Conrad,1837 United States, Washington, San Juan, Park Bay)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lyonsia californica haroldi Holotype USNM 249967) (from synonym Lyonsia californica var. haroldi Dall, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Lyonsia californica var. haroldi Dall, 1915)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
