WoRMS taxon details
Leukoma metodon (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
507749 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507749)
accepted
Species
Chione metodon Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 · unaccepted (original combination)
Nioche (Nioche) mcgintyi Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nioche (Nioche) zorritensis Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nioche macgintyi [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Nioche mcgintyi Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nioche zorritensis Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Protothaca macgintyi [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Protothaca mcgintyi (Olsson, 1961) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Protothaca megintyi [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Venus (Chione) keppeliana G. B. Sowerby III, 1905 · unaccepted
Venus keppeliana G. B. Sowerby III, 1905 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chione metodon Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) Pilsbry, H. A. & Lowe, H. N. (1932). West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by H. N. Lowe, 1929–1931. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 84: 33-144, 17 pls., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4064126.pdf
page(s): 100, pl. 15 figs 10-11 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 100, pl. 15 figs 10-11 [details] Available for editors

Type locality contained in Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean
type locality contained in Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leukoma metodon (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507749 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chione metodon Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) Pilsbry, H. A. & Lowe, H. N. (1932). West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by H. N. Lowe, 1929–1931. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 84: 33-144, 17 pls., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4064126.pdf
page(s): 100, pl. 15 figs 10-11 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Venus (Chione) keppeliana G. B. Sowerby III, 1905) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1905). Descriptions of seven new species of marine Mollusca from the collection of the late Admiral Keppel. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 6(5): 279-282., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176410
page(s): 280 [details]
original description (of Nioche (Nioche) zorritensis Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 308 [details]
original description (of Nioche (Nioche) mcgintyi Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 309 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 100, pl. 15 figs 10-11 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Venus (Chione) keppeliana G. B. Sowerby III, 1905) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1905). Descriptions of seven new species of marine Mollusca from the collection of the late Admiral Keppel. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 6(5): 279-282., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176410
page(s): 280 [details]
original description (of Nioche (Nioche) zorritensis Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 308 [details]
original description (of Nioche (Nioche) mcgintyi Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909
page(s): 309 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
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]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]





- Type locality
- type locality contained in Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
- From editor or global species database
- Peru
- (no group)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (from synonym Chione metodon Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Chione metodon. Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 84: 100-101, pl. 15, figs. 10, 11 - catalog no. 155571) (from synonym Chione metodon Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Nioche mcgintyi. Olsson, 1961. Mollusks of the Tropical Eastern Pacific : 309, pl. 52, figs. 2, 2a - catalog no. 218897) (from synonym Nioche mcgintyi Olsson, 1961)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Protothaca mcgintyi (Olsson, 1961))
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chione metodon Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Protothaca mcgintyi) (from synonym Protothaca mcgintyi (Olsson, 1961))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Protothaca mcgintyi (Olsson, 1961))
To Malacopics (Leukoma metodon (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) Panama, Panamá, Archipiélago de las Pe...
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Chione metodon. Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 84: 100-101, pl. 15, figs. 10, 11 - catalog no. 155571) (from synonym Chione metodon Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Nioche mcgintyi. Olsson, 1961. Mollusks of the Tropical Eastern Pacific : 309, pl. 52, figs. 2, 2a - catalog no. 218897) (from synonym Nioche mcgintyi Olsson, 1961)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Protothaca mcgintyi (Olsson, 1961))
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chione metodon Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Protothaca mcgintyi) (from synonym Protothaca mcgintyi (Olsson, 1961))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Protothaca mcgintyi (Olsson, 1961))
To Malacopics (Leukoma metodon (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) Panama, Panamá, Archipiélago de las Pe...