WoRMS taxon details
Portlandia arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824)
141987 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141987)
accepted
Species
Arca glacialis W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (not A. glacialis Gray, 1824)
Leda (Portlandia) collinsoni Dall, 1919 · unaccepted
Leda collinsoni Dall, 1919 · unaccepted
Nucula arctica J. E. Gray, 1824 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nucula portlandica Hitchcock, 1836 · unaccepted
Nucula siliqua Reeve, 1855 · unaccepted
Portlandia (Portlandia) arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Portlandia (Portlandia) arctica var. siliqua (Reeve, 1855) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Portlandia arctica arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Portlandia arctica siliqua (Reeve, 1855) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Portlandia arctica typica Filatova, 1951 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Portlandia dubia Naumov & Fedyakov, 1994 · unaccepted
Yoldia (Yoldiella) siliqua (Reeve, 1855) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Yoldia arctica (Gray, 1824) · unaccepted
Yoldia arctica arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Yoldia arctica var. inflata Leche, 1883 · unaccepted
Yoldia arctica var. nux Brøgger, 1900 · unaccepted
Yoldia arctica var. ovata Mosevich, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Yoldia glacialis (J. E. Gray, 1825) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Yoldia siliqua (Reeve, 1855) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Portlandia arctica arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824) accepted as Portlandia arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subspecies Portlandia arctica siliqua (Reeve, 1855) accepted as Portlandia arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Portlandia arctica typica Filatova, 1951 accepted as Portlandia arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Nucula arctica J. E. Gray, 1824) Gray, J. E. (1824). Shells. in: Parry W.E. (ed.) Supplement to Appendix, <i>Parry's Voyage for the Discovery of a north-west passage in the years 1819-1820, contaning an account of the subjects of Natural History</i>. London: John Murray Appendix 10, Zool.: 240-246. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33021735
page(s): 241 [details]
page(s): 241 [details]
Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary
Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Portlandia arctica (J. E. Gray, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141987 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nucula arctica J. E. Gray, 1824) Gray, J. E. (1824). Shells. in: Parry W.E. (ed.) Supplement to Appendix, <i>Parry's Voyage for the Discovery of a north-west passage in the years 1819-1820, contaning an account of the subjects of Natural History</i>. London: John Murray Appendix 10, Zool.: 240-246. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33021735
page(s): 241 [details]
original description (of Arca glacialis W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Nucula siliqua Reeve, 1855) Reeve, L. A. (1855). Account of the shells collected by Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., North of Beechey Island, pp. 392–399, pls. 32–33, In: E. Belcher, <i>The last of the Arctic voyages: being a narrative of the expedition in H.M.S. Assistance, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852–53–54: with notes on the natural history.</i> Lovell Reeve, London. 2 volumes. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1360228 [details]
original description (of Portlandia dubia Naumov & Fedyakov, 1994) Naumov A.D. & Fedyakov V.V. (1994). Clams of the East Siberian Sea. <em>Issledovaniya fauny morey.</em> 49(57): 44-66. [in Russian].
page(s): 52, Г, Д [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Portlandia arctica typica Filatova, 1951) Filatova, Z. A. (1951). Некоторые зоогеографические особенности двустворчатых моллюсков из рода Portlandia [= Some zoogeographic peculiarities of bivalve mollusks of the genus Portlandia]. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii, Akademia nauk SSSR.</em> 6: 117-131. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Yoldia arctica var. inflata Leche, 1883) Leche, W. (1883). Ofversigt öfver de af Vega-Expeditionen insamlade arktiska hafsmollusker. I. Lamellibranchiata. Vega-Expeditionens Vetenskapliga Arbeten, 3 : 433-453, pls 32-34. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51143
page(s): 445 [details]
original description (of Yoldia arctica var. nux Brøgger, 1900) Brøgger W.C. 1900-1901. Om de senglaciale og postglaciale nivåforandringer i Kristianiafeltet (Molluskfaunan). <i>Norges Geologiske Undersøgelse</i>, 31: 1-731, pl. 1-19. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53299
page(s): 37 [details]
original description (of Leda (Portlandia) collinsoni Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1919). The Mollusca of the Arctic coast of America collected by the Canadian Arctic expedition west from Bathurst Inlet with an appended report on a collection of Pleistocene fossil Mollusca. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918. Vol. 8A: 1A-25A, pls 1-3. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37214435 [details]
original description (of Yoldia arctica var. ovata Mosevich, 1928) Mosevich N.A. (1928). [Materialy k sistematike, ekologii i rasprostraneniiu sovremmenoi i iskopaemoi <i>Yoldia arctica</i> Gray.] Материалы к систематике, экологии и распространению современной и ископаемой <i>Yoldia arctica</i> Gray. [in Russian]. <em>Материалы Комиссии по изучению Якутской Автономной Советской Социалистической Республики. 1928. Вып. 19. С. 1-45.</em> Ленинград : Изд-во Акад. наук СССР., available online at https://elib.rgo.ru/handle/123456789/230275
page(s): 13, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 241 [details]
original description (of Arca glacialis W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Nucula siliqua Reeve, 1855) Reeve, L. A. (1855). Account of the shells collected by Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., North of Beechey Island, pp. 392–399, pls. 32–33, In: E. Belcher, <i>The last of the Arctic voyages: being a narrative of the expedition in H.M.S. Assistance, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852–53–54: with notes on the natural history.</i> Lovell Reeve, London. 2 volumes. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1360228 [details]
original description (of Portlandia dubia Naumov & Fedyakov, 1994) Naumov A.D. & Fedyakov V.V. (1994). Clams of the East Siberian Sea. <em>Issledovaniya fauny morey.</em> 49(57): 44-66. [in Russian].
page(s): 52, Г, Д [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Portlandia arctica typica Filatova, 1951) Filatova, Z. A. (1951). Некоторые зоогеографические особенности двустворчатых моллюсков из рода Portlandia [= Some zoogeographic peculiarities of bivalve mollusks of the genus Portlandia]. <em>Trudy Instituta Okeanologii, Akademia nauk SSSR.</em> 6: 117-131. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Yoldia arctica var. inflata Leche, 1883) Leche, W. (1883). Ofversigt öfver de af Vega-Expeditionen insamlade arktiska hafsmollusker. I. Lamellibranchiata. Vega-Expeditionens Vetenskapliga Arbeten, 3 : 433-453, pls 32-34. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51143
page(s): 445 [details]
original description (of Yoldia arctica var. nux Brøgger, 1900) Brøgger W.C. 1900-1901. Om de senglaciale og postglaciale nivåforandringer i Kristianiafeltet (Molluskfaunan). <i>Norges Geologiske Undersøgelse</i>, 31: 1-731, pl. 1-19. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53299
page(s): 37 [details]
original description (of Leda (Portlandia) collinsoni Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1919). The Mollusca of the Arctic coast of America collected by the Canadian Arctic expedition west from Bathurst Inlet with an appended report on a collection of Pleistocene fossil Mollusca. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918. Vol. 8A: 1A-25A, pls 1-3. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37214435 [details]
original description (of Yoldia arctica var. ovata Mosevich, 1928) Mosevich N.A. (1928). [Materialy k sistematike, ekologii i rasprostraneniiu sovremmenoi i iskopaemoi <i>Yoldia arctica</i> Gray.] Материалы к систематике, экологии и распространению современной и ископаемой <i>Yoldia arctica</i> Gray. [in Russian]. <em>Материалы Комиссии по изучению Якутской Автономной Советской Социалистической Республики. 1928. Вып. 19. С. 1-45.</em> Ленинград : Изд-во Акад. наук СССР., available online at https://elib.rgo.ru/handle/123456789/230275
page(s): 13, fig. 6 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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]
[request]additional source 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (180 publications) (from synonym Yoldia arctica (Gray, 1824))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Arca glacialis W. Wood, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Portlandia arctica)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Portlandia arctica (Gray, 1824) Russian Federation, Murmansk, Kandalaksha Bay, by d...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leda Portlandia collinsoni Syntype USNM 332756) (from synonym Leda collinsoni Dall, 1919)
To PESI (from synonym Nucula arctica J. E. Gray, 1824)
To PESI (from synonym Yoldia arctica (Gray, 1824))
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (10 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Leda collinsoni Dall, 1919)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (180 publications) (from synonym Yoldia arctica (Gray, 1824))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Arca glacialis W. Wood, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Portlandia arctica)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Portlandia arctica (Gray, 1824) Russian Federation, Murmansk, Kandalaksha Bay, by d...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leda Portlandia collinsoni Syntype USNM 332756) (from synonym Leda collinsoni Dall, 1919)
To PESI (from synonym Nucula arctica J. E. Gray, 1824)
To PESI (from synonym Yoldia arctica (Gray, 1824))
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (10 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Leda collinsoni Dall, 1919)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
