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Gnathodon G.B.Sowerby I, 1832

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Sowerby, & I, G. B. (1821). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 numbers. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: Sowerby. Vol 1, London: G.B. Sowerby. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.86281

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Bivalvia
order
Venerida
family
Mactridae
genus
Rangia

Name

Homonyms
Gnathodon G.B.Sowerby I, 1832
Gnathodon Streubel, 1842
Gnathodon Jardine, 1845
Gnathodon Verrill, 1899
Gnathodon Robertson, 1903
Gnathodon Oken, 1816

Bibliographic References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  3. GBIF/National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
  4. Gen. of Shells, No
  5. Gill, T. (1895). <i>Rangia</i> the proper name of the mactroid genus <i>Gnathodon</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(9): 102-103.
  6. 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.
  7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  8. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  9. Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby.
  10. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  11. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  12. as per family
  13. as per synonymized taxon
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