Deep-Sea taxon details
Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880)
140435 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140435)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140435 on 2026-07-28
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140435 on 2026-07-28
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(of ) Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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]
additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1973). Notes on some benthic Mollusca from Natal and Moçambique with descriptions of new species and subspecies of <i>Calliostoma, Solariella, Latiaxis, Babylonia, Fusinus, Bathytoma</i> and <i>Conus</i>. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 21(3): 557-578.
page(s): 576 [details] Available for editors
additional source Oliver, P. G. (2001). Functional morphology and description of a new species of <i>Amygdalum</i> (Bivalvia: Mytiloidea) from the Oxygen Minimum Zone of the Arabian Seas. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 67: 225-241., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/67.2.225 [details] Available for editors
additional source Valentich-Scott P. (1998). Class Bivalvia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 97-173. [details]
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]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 218-219 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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]
additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1973). Notes on some benthic Mollusca from Natal and Moçambique with descriptions of new species and subspecies of <i>Calliostoma, Solariella, Latiaxis, Babylonia, Fusinus, Bathytoma</i> and <i>Conus</i>. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 21(3): 557-578.
page(s): 576 [details] Available for editors
additional source Oliver, P. G. (2001). Functional morphology and description of a new species of <i>Amygdalum</i> (Bivalvia: Mytiloidea) from the Oxygen Minimum Zone of the Arabian Seas. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 67: 225-241., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/67.2.225 [details] Available for editors
additional source Valentich-Scott P. (1998). Class Bivalvia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 97-173. [details]
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]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 218-219 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Conchology (Amygdalum politum)
To Conchology (Amygdalum politum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amygdalum politum)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880) France, Corse, Corse-du-Sud, at ...
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Conchology (Amygdalum politum)
To Conchology (Amygdalum politum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amygdalum politum)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Amygdalum politum (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880) France, Corse, Corse-du-Sud, at ...
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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