MolluscaBase taxon details
Miodontiscus prolongatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
582740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:582740)
accepted
Species
Cardita (Miodontiscus) nakamurai (Yokoyama, 1923) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cardita (Miodontiscus) prolongata P. P. Carpenter, 1864 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Miodon prolongatus P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Miodontiscus meridionalis Dall, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Miodontiscus nakamurai (Yokoyama, 1923) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Miodontiscus prolongatum [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Miodontiscus prolongatus nakamurai (Yokoyama, 1923) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venericardia (Miodontiscus) prolongatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venericardia (Miodontiscus) prolongatus nakamurai Yokoyama, 1923 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venericardia nakamurai Yokoyama, 1923 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venericardia prolongata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venericardia yatesi R. Arnold, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Miodontiscus prolongatus nakamurai (Yokoyama, 1923) † accepted as Miodontiscus prolongatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Miodon prolongatus P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 642 [details]
page(s): 642 [details]
Note USA, Pacific Ocean off Washington State coast
Type locality USA, Pacific Ocean off Washington State coast [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Miodontiscus prolongatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=582740 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Miodon prolongatus P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 642 [details]
original description (of Miodontiscus meridionalis Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). <i>Check-list of the Recent bivalve mollusks (Pelecypoda) of the northwest coast of America from the Polar Sea to San Diego, California</i>. Southwest Museum, Los Angeles. 44 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11243553
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Venericardia nakamurai Yokoyama, 1923 †) Yokoyama, M. (1923). On some molluscan fossils from the island of Saishu in the Strat of Tsushima. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 44(7): 1-9, pl. 1.
page(s): p. 5-6, pl. 1, fig. 9. [details]
original description (of Venericardia yatesi R. Arnold, 1907) Arnold R. (1907). New and characteristic species of fossil mollusks from the oil-bearing Tertiary formations of Santa Barbara County, California. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 50(4): 419-447, pls 50-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30049393
page(s): 439, pl. 58, figs. 2a, b [details]
original description (of Cardita (Miodontiscus) nakamurai annakensis Oinomikado, 1939 †) Oinomikado, T. (1938). Neogene shells from the vicinity of the city of Takasaki, Gumma-ken, Japan. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Japan.</em> 45: 671–676, pl. 20.
page(s): 674, pl. 20 figs 7-8 [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): 41 [details]
additional source 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): 339-340, fig. 307 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kurihara, Y. (2010). Middle and Late Miocene marine Bivalvia from the northern Kanto Region, central Japan. <em>National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs.</em> 41: 1-87.
page(s): 55, figs 24A-C [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Amano K., Lutaenko K.A., Haga T. (2024). Taxonomy, reproduction, and evolution of the small carditid Miodontiscus (Bivalvia) in the northern Pacific. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 38(3–4): 59–74. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 642 [details]
original description (of Miodontiscus meridionalis Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). <i>Check-list of the Recent bivalve mollusks (Pelecypoda) of the northwest coast of America from the Polar Sea to San Diego, California</i>. Southwest Museum, Los Angeles. 44 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11243553
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Venericardia nakamurai Yokoyama, 1923 †) Yokoyama, M. (1923). On some molluscan fossils from the island of Saishu in the Strat of Tsushima. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 44(7): 1-9, pl. 1.
page(s): p. 5-6, pl. 1, fig. 9. [details]
original description (of Venericardia yatesi R. Arnold, 1907) Arnold R. (1907). New and characteristic species of fossil mollusks from the oil-bearing Tertiary formations of Santa Barbara County, California. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 50(4): 419-447, pls 50-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30049393
page(s): 439, pl. 58, figs. 2a, b [details]
original description (of Cardita (Miodontiscus) nakamurai annakensis Oinomikado, 1939 †) Oinomikado, T. (1938). Neogene shells from the vicinity of the city of Takasaki, Gumma-ken, Japan. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Japan.</em> 45: 671–676, pl. 20.
page(s): 674, pl. 20 figs 7-8 [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): 41 [details]
additional source 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): 339-340, fig. 307 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kurihara, Y. (2010). Middle and Late Miocene marine Bivalvia from the northern Kanto Region, central Japan. <em>National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs.</em> 41: 1-87.
page(s): 55, figs 24A-C [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Amano K., Lutaenko K.A., Haga T. (2024). Taxonomy, reproduction, and evolution of the small carditid Miodontiscus (Bivalvia) in the northern Pacific. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 38(3–4): 59–74. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Type locality USA, Pacific Ocean off Washington State coast [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Malacopics (Miodontiscus prolongatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) United States, Washington, San Juan Islands, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Miodontiscus prolongatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) United States, Washington, San Juan Islands, washed ashore, collected June 1974, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Miodontiscus meridionalis Holotype USNM 208948) (from synonym Miodontiscus meridionalis Dall, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Miodon prolongatus P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Miodontiscus meridionalis Dall, 1916)
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Miodontiscus prolongatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) United States, Washington, San Juan Islands, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Miodontiscus prolongatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) United States, Washington, San Juan Islands, washed ashore, collected June 1974, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Miodontiscus meridionalis Holotype USNM 208948) (from synonym Miodontiscus meridionalis Dall, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Miodon prolongatus P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Miodontiscus meridionalis Dall, 1916)
To ITIS
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