WoRMS taxon details
Megayoldia montereyensis (Dall, 1893)
506476 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506476)
accepted
Species
Megayoldia kamtchatkana Scarlato, 1981 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Yoldia beringiana Dall, 1916 · unaccepted
Yoldia montereyensis Dall, 1893 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Yoldia montereyensis Dall, 1893) Dall, W. H. (1893). On a new species of <i>Yoldia</i> from California. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 7(3): 29-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044466 [details]
Type locality contained in USA
type locality contained in USA (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megayoldia montereyensis (Dall, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506476 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Megayoldia kamtchatkana Scarlato, 1981) Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 191-192, photos 100-101 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Yoldia beringiana Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 399 [details]
original description (of Yoldia montereyensis Dall, 1893) Dall, W. H. (1893). On a new species of <i>Yoldia</i> from California. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 7(3): 29-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044466 [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): 191-192, photos 100-101 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Yoldia beringiana Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 399 [details]
original description (of Yoldia montereyensis Dall, 1893) Dall, W. H. (1893). On a new species of <i>Yoldia</i> from California. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 7(3): 29-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044466 [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]





To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Yoldia montereyensis. Dall, 1893. Nautilus 7: 29-30 - catalog no. 190955) (from synonym Yoldia montereyensis Dall, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Yoldia beringiana Dall, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Yoldia montereyensis Dall, 1893)
To Malacopics (Yoldia montereyensis Dall,1893 SYNTYPE United States, California)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Yoldia beringiana Syntype USNM 226195) (from synonym Yoldia beringiana Dall, 1916)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Yoldia montereyensis Syntype USNM 212498) (from synonym Yoldia montereyensis Dall, 1893)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Yoldia montereyensis Dall, 1893)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Yoldia beringiana Dall, 1916)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Yoldia beringiana Dall, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Yoldia montereyensis Dall, 1893)
To Malacopics (Yoldia montereyensis Dall,1893 SYNTYPE United States, California)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Yoldia beringiana Syntype USNM 226195) (from synonym Yoldia beringiana Dall, 1916)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Yoldia montereyensis Syntype USNM 212498) (from synonym Yoldia montereyensis Dall, 1893)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Yoldia montereyensis Dall, 1893)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Yoldia beringiana Dall, 1916)
To ITIS