MolluscaBase taxon details
Donax gouldii Dall, 1921
494707 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494707)
accepted
Species
Donax laevigata Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted (junior homonym of Donax...)
junior homonym of Donax laevigatus Gmelin, 1791
Donax obesa R. A. Philippi, 1851 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid; not d'Orbigny, 1846)
Donax obesus A. Gould, 1851 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Donax...)
invalid: junior homonym of Donax obesus d'Orbigny, 1846, and D. obesus Philippi, 1851; Donax gouldii Dall, 1921 is a replacement name.
marine
Dall, W. H. (1921). Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America, from San Diego, California, to the Polar Sea, mostly contained in the collection of the United States National Museum, with illustrations of hitherto unfigured species. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 112: 1-217, pls 1-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7858092
page(s): 49. [details]
page(s): 49. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Donax gouldii Dall, 1921. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494707 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Dall, W. H. (1921). Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America, from San Diego, California, to the Polar Sea, mostly contained in the collection of the United States National Museum, with illustrations of hitherto unfigured species. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 112: 1-217, pls 1-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7858092
page(s): 49. [details]
original description (of Donax obesa R. A. Philippi, 1851) Philippi, R. A. (1851-1852). Centuria quinta testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 8(5): 74-80 [July 1851]; 8(6): 81-96 [August 1851]; 8(8): 123-126 [date not stated, 1851]; 9(2): 20-29 [March 1852]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300581
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Donax obesus A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). [... descriptions of a number of California shells collected by Maj. William Rich and Lieut. Thomas P. Green, United States Navy ...]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 4 (4): 87-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870797
page(s): 90. [details]
original description (of Donax laevigata Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Donax</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-9 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date:pl. 1-6, September 1854; pl. 7-8, October 1854; pl.9: June 1855]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120533
page(s): pl. 5, species 31; note: name credited to Deshayes, with reference to a paper which was published only in 1855 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 45 [details]
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]
page(s): 49. [details]
original description (of Donax obesa R. A. Philippi, 1851) Philippi, R. A. (1851-1852). Centuria quinta testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 8(5): 74-80 [July 1851]; 8(6): 81-96 [August 1851]; 8(8): 123-126 [date not stated, 1851]; 9(2): 20-29 [March 1852]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300581
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Donax obesus A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). [... descriptions of a number of California shells collected by Maj. William Rich and Lieut. Thomas P. Green, United States Navy ...]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 4 (4): 87-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870797
page(s): 90. [details]
original description (of Donax laevigata Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Donax</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-9 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date:pl. 1-6, September 1854; pl. 7-8, October 1854; pl.9: June 1855]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120533
page(s): pl. 5, species 31; note: name credited to Deshayes, with reference to a paper which was published only in 1855 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 45 [details]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Donax gouldii Dall, 1921 United States, California, Orange Co., Seal Beach, washed ashore, collected July 1969, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Donax gouldii Holotype USNM 664935)
To NMNH Extant Collection (JPEM 02768)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (Donax gouldii Holotype USNM 664935)
To NMNH Extant Collection (JPEM 02768)
To ITIS
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