MolluscaBase name details
Chrysodomus middendorffii W. Cooper, 1859
1049441 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1049441)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Chrysodomus Swainson, 1840 accepted as Neptunea Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Cooper, W. (1859). Report on the Mollusca collected on the survey. In: United States War Department. <em>Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.</em> 12(2): 369-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11754979
page(s): 370 [details]
page(s): 370 [details]
Note Off Whidbey Island, Salish Sea, San Juan...
Type locality Off Whidbey Island, Salish Sea, San Juan County, Washington, 77 m (eastern end of the Straits of Juan de Fuca). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chrysodomus middendorffii W. Cooper, 1859. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049441 on 2025-09-11
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Cooper, W. (1859). Report on the Mollusca collected on the survey. In: United States War Department. <em>Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.</em> 12(2): 369-386., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11754979
page(s): 370 [details]
additional source Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2017). On the identity of <i>Neptunea lyrata</i> (Gmelin, 1791) (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea), with description of <i>Neptunea excelsior</i> sp. nov. from the northern West Pacific. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 56(3): 68-81.
note: treated as synonym of Neptunea lyrata [details]
subsequent type designation Clark, R. N. (2025). Re-examination of the <i>Neptunea lyrata</i> (Gmelin, 1791) species complex in the northeastern Pacific (Salish Sea to the Gulf of Alaska), with description of three new species. <em>The Festivus.</em> 57(3): 184-195., available online at http://doi:10.54173/F573184
page(s): 186, figs 7-8; note: neotype fixation [details]
page(s): 370 [details]
additional source Fraussen K. & Terryn Y. (2017). On the identity of <i>Neptunea lyrata</i> (Gmelin, 1791) (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea), with description of <i>Neptunea excelsior</i> sp. nov. from the northern West Pacific. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 56(3): 68-81.
note: treated as synonym of Neptunea lyrata [details]
subsequent type designation Clark, R. N. (2025). Re-examination of the <i>Neptunea lyrata</i> (Gmelin, 1791) species complex in the northeastern Pacific (Salish Sea to the Gulf of Alaska), with description of three new species. <em>The Festivus.</em> 57(3): 184-195., available online at http://doi:10.54173/F573184
page(s): 186, figs 7-8; note: neotype fixation [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off Whidbey Island, Salish Sea, San Juan County, Washington, 77 m (eastern end of the Straits of Juan de Fuca). [details]
