Taxon profile
species
Megayoldia montereyensis (Dall, 1893)
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Bivalvia - bivalves » order Nuculanida » family Yoldiidae » genus Megayoldia
ID: 526041
pID: 1157684
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-07-14 21:17:58 - User Jiří Novák
Last change: 2016-01-07 15:41:57 - User Ondřej Zicha
Data last updated: 2021-04-08 01:54:58
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id526041/
Text function: [[t:526041;<em>Megayoldia montereyensis</em>]]
[[t:526041;<em>Megayoldia montereyensis</em>]] (Dall, 1893)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id526041/"><em>Megayoldia montereyensis</em></a>
pID: 1157684
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-07-14 21:17:58 - User Jiří Novák
Last change: 2016-01-07 15:41:57 - User Ondřej Zicha
Data last updated: 2021-04-08 01:54:58
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id526041/
Text function: [[t:526041;<em>Megayoldia montereyensis</em>]]
[[t:526041;<em>Megayoldia montereyensis</em>]] (Dall, 1893)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id526041/"><em>Megayoldia montereyensis</em></a>
Scientific synonyms
Yoldia montereyensis Dall, 1893
Portlandella montereyensis (Dall, 1893)
Portlandella beringii (Dall, 1916)
Yoldia beringiana Dall, 1916
Megayoldia kamchatkana Scarlato, 1981
Images
Author: Coan, E. et al.
Taxon in country check-lists*
Pacific Ocean, Europe: Russia (Kamchatka), North America: Bering Sea, Canada (Yukon), United States of America (Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington)
* List of countries might not be complete
Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 128917
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2023-12-23 22:35:27 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:526041,textblock=128917,elang=EN;Description]]
Text ID: 128917
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2023-12-23 22:35:27 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Shell subquadrate, medium in size; posterior end longer, truncate to broadly rounded, inflated. Posterodorsal margin straight, not recurved. Growth lines irregular. Periostracum dull to shiny. Resilifer small. Length to 40 mm.
Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea (56.5°N) [USNM], to Monterey, California (36.7°N) [LACM], and west to Kamchatka, in 200 - 400 m. Also recorded as early as the Pliocene in western North America.
Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea (56.5°N) [USNM], to Monterey, California (36.7°N) [LACM], and west to Kamchatka, in 200 - 400 m. Also recorded as early as the Pliocene in western North America.
Coan, E. et al., 2000. Bivalve Seashells of Western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Megayoldia montereyensis Dall, 1893]Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013