Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Chione metodon Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932, Nioche macgintyi (misspelling), Nioche mcgintyi Olsson, 1961, Nioche zorritensis Olsson, 1961, Protothaca macgintyi [sic] (misspelling), Protothaca mcgintyi (Olsson, 1961), Protothaca megintyi [sic] (misspelling), Venus keppeliana G. B. Sowerby III, 1905, (Horton et al., 2021). (Protothaca zorritensis) Syn.: Nioche zorritensis Olsson, 1961 (Bernard, 1983)(Horton et al., 2021). Parent Nioche Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948 accepted as Leukoma E. Römer, 1857 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

• Bernard, F.R. (1983) Catalogue of the living Bivalvia of the eastern Pacific Ocean: Bering Strait to Cape Horn. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa, 102 pp.
• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.