Name Changes
The
following list is a summary of the changes in
scientific names as gleaned from the fourth edition of The Light and
Smith Manual ("Light's Manual")
Vetigastropoda
Fissurellidea bimaculata (Dall,
1871) (= Megatebennus
bimaculatus)
Turbinidae
Homalopoma luridum
(Dall, 1871) (= H.
carpenteri Pilsbry, 1888)
Homalopoma radiatum
(Dall, 1918) (=H. fenestratum
Dall, 1919)
Pomaulax gibberosa (Dillwyn,
1817) (= Astraea
inaequalis Martyn, 1784)
Tricoliidae
Eulithidium pulloides
(Carpenter, 1865) (=
Tricolia pulloides)
Trochidae
Chlorostoma brunnea (Philippi,
1848) (= Tegula
brunnea)
Chlorostoma funebralis
(A. Adams, 1855) (= Tegula
funebralis)
Chlorostoma montereyi (Keiner,
1850) (= Tegula
montereyi)
Promartynia Dall, 1909
[previously regarded as a subgenus is
raised to generic level]
Promartynia pulligo
(Gmelin, 1791) (= Tegula
pulligo)
Pupillaria rhodia
Dall, 1921 (= Margarites
rhodia Dall, 1920. Abbott, 1974:37 no. 223.)
Calliostoma ligatum
(Gould, 1849) (= C.
costatum Martyn, 1784)
Calliostoma supragranosum
Carpenter, 1864 (= C.
splendens Carpenter, 1864)
Lirularia succincta
(Carpenter, 1864) (= Margarites
succinctus)
Lirularia parcipicta
(Carpenter, 1864) (=
Margarites parcipictus)
Cerithiidae
Lirobittium
attenuatum (Carpenter,
1864) (=Bittium attenuatum)
Lirobittium
esuriens
(Carpenter, 1864) Previously regarded as a
synonym of S. eschrichtii, but here recognized as a smaller species with distinct features.
Lirobittium
interfossum (Carpenter,
1864) (=Bittium interfossim).
Lirobittium
latifilosum (Bartsch,
1911) (=Bittium
latifilosum).
Lirobittium
purpureum (Carpenter,
1864) (=Bittium purpureum).
Stylidium
eschrichtii (Middendorff,
1849) (=Bittium
eschrichtii, B. e. montereyense Bartsch,
1907)
Batillariidae
Batillaria attramentaria (GGG.
B. Sowerby
I, 1855) (= B. cumingi
Crosse, 1862; = B. zonalis of authors)
Barleeidae
Barleeia acuta
(Carpenter, 1864) (= Diala
acuta: = Barleeia marmorea (Carpenter, 1864); = B. dalli Bartsch, 1920)
Barleeia haliotiphila
Carpenter, 1864 (= B.
oldroydi Bartsch, 1920) [p. 36]
Barleeia oldroydi Bartsch,
1920 is also mentioned as a valid
species ???
Hydrobiidae
Assiminea californica
(Tryon, 1865) [= A.
translucens (Carpenter, 1866)]
Caecidae
Fartulum occidentale
(Bartsch, 1920) (= Fartulum
hemphilli Bartsch, 1920)
Hipponicidae
Antisabia panamensis
(C. B. Adams, 1852) [=
Hipponix cranoides Carpenter, 1864; = H. antiquatus of authors, not of Linnaeus, 1767]
Calyptraeidae
Crepidula convexa
Say, 1822 (= C. glauca Say,
1822)
Crepidula nummaria
Gould, 1846 (= C. nivea of
authors)
Garnotia is recognized as a
full genus.
Garnotia adunca
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (=
Crepidula adunca Sowerby, 1825)
Garnotia norrisiarum
(Williamson, 1905) (=
Crepidula norrisiarum)
Vermetidae
Dendropoma lituella (Mörch,
1861) (=
Spiroglyphus litellus)
Serpulorbis squamigerus
(Carpenter, 1857) (=Aletes
squamigerus)
Velutinidae
Velutina sp. [=
V. velutina (Müller,
1776) of authors] [smaller than northern species of V. velutina]
Marsenina rhombica
(Dall, 1871) (= Lamellaria
rhombica)
Marsenina stearnsii
(Dall, 1871) (= Lamellaria
stearnsi)
Naticidae
Euspira lewisii
(Gould, 1847) (= Polinices
lewisii) [Largest living moonsnail]
Glossaulax altus
(Arnold, 1903) (= Polinices
altus) [controversial, but McLean considers it to be distinct.]
Glossaulax reclusianus
(Deshayes, 1839) (=
Polinices reclusianus)
Triphoridae
Metaxia convexa
(Carpenter, 1857) (= M.
diadema Bartsch, 1907)
Triphora pedroana
Bartsch, 1907 (= T.
montereyensis Bartsch, 1907)
Epitoniidae
Epitonium tinctum
(Carpenter, 1864) (=
Nitidiscala tincta)
Epitonium indianorum
(Carpenter, 1864) (=
Nitidiscala indianorum)
Epitonium hindsii (Carpenter,
1856) (=
Nitidiscala hindsii; E. cooperi Strong, 1930)
Opalia borealis Keep,
1881 (= O. chacei
Strong, 1937)
Eulimidae
Melanella thersites
(Carpenter, 1864) (= Balcis
thersites)
Polygireulima rutila (Carpenter,
1864) (= Balcis rutila)
Muricidae
Ceratostoma foliatum
(Gmelin, 1791) (= Purpura
foliata)
Ocinebrellus inornatus
(Récluz, 1851)
[=Ceratostoma inornatum; = Ocenebra japonica (Dunker, 1869)]
Ocinebrina atropurpurea
Carpenter, 1865 [=Ocenebra
atropurpurea; =O. clathrata (Dall, 1919)]
Ocinebrina circumtexta
Stearns, 1871 (= Ocenebra
circumtexta)
Ocinebrina gracillima
Stearns, 1871 (= Ocenebra
gracillima)
Ocinebrina interfossa
Carpenter, 1864 (= Ocenebra
interfossa)
Ocinebrina lurida
(Middendorff, 1848) (=
Ocenebra lurida)
Ocinebrina minor
(Dall, 1919). Removed from
synonomy of O. atropurpurea.
Ocinebrina munda
(Dall, 1892) Separated from
O. lurida, differing in its more slender profile.
Ocinebrina sclera
(Dall, 1919) (=Ocenebra
sclera)
Acanthinucella punctulata
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (=
Acanthina punctulata)
Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville,
1832) (=
Acanthina spirata)
Nucella analoga analoga
(Forbes, 1852) (previously
misidentified as N. canaliculata)
Nucella analoga compressa
(Dall, 1915) This is a
southern subspecies of N. analoga that occurs sparsely in the exposed mussel zone in Monterey County, south of
Pacific
Grove.
Nucella ostrina
(Gould, 1852) [northern
populations formerly thought to represent N. emarginata, should take the name N. ostrina.
Columbellidae
Alia carinata (Hinds, 1844)
(=Mitrella carinata;
=Mitrella gausopata of authors)
Alia tuberosa
(Carpenter, 1864) (=
Mitrella tuberosa)
Astyris aurantiaca
(Dall, 1871) (= Mitrella
aurantiaca)
Buccinidae
Lirabuccinum dirum
(Reeve, 1846) (=Searlesia
dira)
Nassariidae
Ilyanassa obsoleta
(Say, 1822) (= Nassarius
obsoletus)
Caesia fossatus
(Gould, 1850) (= Nassarius
fossatus)
Caesia perpinguis (Hinds,
1844) (= Nassarius
perpinguis)
Caesia rhinetes
(Berry, 1953) (= Nassarius
rhinetes)
Hima mendica
(Gould, 1849) (=Nassarius
mendicus)
Hima cooperi
(Forbes, Forbes, 1852) (=
Nassarius cooperi)
Hima fratercula
(Dunker, 1862) (= Nassarius
fraterculus)
Fasciolariidae
Aptyxis luteopictus
(Dall, 1877) (= Fusinus
luteopictus)
Harfordia harfordii
(Stearns, 1871) (= Fusinus
harfordii)
Melongenidae
Busycotypus canaliculatus
(Linnaeus, 1758) (= Busycon
canaliculatum)
Olividae
Callianax biplicata
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (=
Olivella biplicata)
Callianax baetica
(Carpenter, 1864) (=
Olivella baetica)
Callianax pycna
(Berry, 1935) (=Olivella
pycna)
Cystiscidae
Plesiocysticus jewettii (Carpenter,
1857) (=
Cysticus jewettii)
Gibberula subtrigona
(Carpenter, 1864) (=
Granula subtrigona)
Granulina margaritula (Carpenter,
1857) [=
Cypraeolina pyriformis (Carpenter, 1864)
Turridae
Perimangelia interfossa (Carpenter,
1864) (=
Clathromangelia interfossa) (= Mangelia interlirata Stearns, 1864)
Cymakra aspera
(Carpenter, 1864) (=
Mitromorpha aspera)
Cymakra gracilior
(Tryon, 1884) (=
Mitromorpha gracilior)
Ophiodermella inermis
(Reeve, 1843)
[=Ophiodermella ophioderma (Dall, 1909)]
Pyramidellidae
Aartsenia pupiformis
(Carpenter, 1865) (=O. nota
Dall & Bartsch, 1909)
Odetta bisuturalis (Say,
1812) (=Boonea
bisuturalis, Menestho bisuturalis)
Amathinidae
Iselica ovoidea
(Gould, 1853) [= Iselica
fenestrata (Carpenter, 1864)]
Acteonidae
Rictaxis punctocaelatus
(Carpenter, 1864) (=Acteon
punctocaelatus)
Cylichnidae
Acteocina cerealis (Gould,
1853) [=A. eximia
(Baird, 1863); (=Cylichnella cerealis)]
Acteocina culcitella
(Gould, 1853) (=Cyclichnella
culcitella, Acteocina rolleri)
Acteocina harpa
(Dall, 1871) (=Retusa
harpa, Cylichnella harpa)
Acteocina inculta
(Gould, 1856) (=Cylichnella
inculta)
Haminoeidae
Haminoea japonica
(Pilsbry, 1895) (= H.
callidegenita Gibson & Chia, 1989)
Siphonariidae
Willamia peltoides
(Carpenter, 1864) [=W.
vernalis (Dall, 1870)]
Ellobiidae
Myosotella myosotis
(Draparnaud, 1801)
[=Ovatella myosotis; =Phytia setifer (Cooper, 1872)]
Trimusculidae
Trimusculus
reticulatus
(Sowerby, 1835) (= Gadinia reticulata)
Limpets
David Lindberg
had now reduced our local limpet groupings to Acmaeidae and
Lottiidae. Recent molecular techniques in
identification has made it apparent that the previous characters used
to
delineate between generic groupings were flawed. He now has
chosen to adopt a more conservative approach to limpet
nomenclature.
Acmaeidae
Acmaea
funiculata
Carpenter, 1864 (=Niveotectura funiculata)
Lottiidae
All
previous genus names of Collisella, Discurria, Macclintockia,
Notoacmea, and Tectura
now become Lottia, with the species name remaining the same. The following listings contain additional
changes.
Lottia
paradigitalis
(Fritchman, 1960) (=Lottia strigatella of authors, not of Carpenter,
1864;
=Collisella paradigitalis)
Lottia
instabilis
(Gould, 1846) (=Acmaea ochracea Dall, 1871; =Collisella instabilis)
Littorinidae
Littorina
keenae
Rosewater, 1978 [=L. planaxis (Philippi, 1847)]
Littorina
plena
Gould, 1849 Included with L. scutulata
from 1864 to 1979. Rediscovered as a
species distinct from the
closely similar L. scutulata using
penis and egg capsule shape.
Littorina
saxatilis
(Olivi, 1792) [=L. rudis (Maton, 1797); =L. tenebrosa (Montagu, 1803)]
Littorina
sitkana Philippi,
1846 [=L. kurila Middendorff, 1848; =L. atkana (Dall, 1886)] Only clearly distinguished from
barnacle ecotype of L. subrotundata
since 1991.
Littorina
subrotundata
(Carpenter, 1864) [=Algamorda subrotundata; =L.(Algamorda) newcombiana
(Hemphill, 1877); =L. kurila of authors, not
Middendorff, 1848] Current concept of
this species only established since 1991; previously the name was restricted to the
salt-marsh ecotype.
Mytilidae
Adula
gruneri
(Philippi, 1851) [=A. falcata (Gould, 1851)]
Lithophaga
plumula
(Hanley, 1843) [=L. subula (Reeve, 1857); L. plumula kelseyi (Hertlein
&
Strong, 1946)]
Modiolus
rectus (Conrad,
1837) [=M. flabellatus (Gould, 1850)]
Musculista
senhousia (Benson,
1842) (formerly placed in Modiolus
and
Musculus; M.
senhousei is an invalid emendation).
Mytilus
trossulus Gould,
1851; M. galloprovincialis Lamarck,
1891; M. edulis Linnaeus,
1758. Genetic
studies have shown that the native smooth mussel
in
the North Pacific is M.trossulus, which
occurs from the Arctic south to central
California, where it now forms a
hybrid zone with the introduced European M. galloprovincialis;
the
latter occurs from central California to Baja
California; wild specimens of M. galloprovincialis have
also been found in southern British Columbia,
but
establishment there is uncertain. The native North Atlantic M.
edulis is
subject to experimental mariculture in British
Columbia and may spread and hybridize as well. Members of this complex
are widespread; abundant on wharf pilings,
floats, docks, rocks; occasional on outer coast.
Ostreidae
Ostrea
conchaphila Carpenter,
1857 (=Ostrea
lurida Carpenter,
1864; in the subgenus Ostreola,
treated by some as a genus).
Pectinidae
Crassadoma
gigantea
(Gray, 1838) (=Hinnites giganteus)
Anomiidae
Pododesmus
macrochisma
(Deshayes, 1839) [=P. cepio (Gray, 1850)]
Lasaeidae
Lasaea
adansoni (Gmelin,
1791) [=L. rubra (Montagu, 1803)]
Kellia
suborbicularis (Montagu,
1803) [=K. laperousii (Deshayes, 1839)]
Neaeromya rugifera
(Carpenter,
1864)
(=Pseudopythina rugifera)
Veneridae
Callithaca
tenerrima
(Carpenter, 1857)
(=Protothaca tenerrima)
Irusella
lamellifera
(Conrad, 1837) (=Irus
lamellifer)
Leukoma laciniata (Carpenter, 1864)
(=Protothaca laciniata)
Leukoma staminea (Conrad, 1837)
(=Protothaca staminea)
Nutricola confusa (Gray, 1982)
(=Transennella confusa)
Nutricola
lordi
(Baird, 1862) and N. ovalis (Dall, 1902) (both
formerly in Psephidia)
Nutricola
tantilla
(Gould, 1853) (=Transennella tantilla)
Venerupis
philippinarum (A.
Adams and Reeve, 1850) (=V.
semidecussata and V. japonica; variously placed in Paphia,
Tapes,
Protothaca, and Ruditapes, the latter now used as
a subgenus).
Psammobiidae
Nuttallia
nuttallii
(Conrad, 1837) (=Sanguinolaria nuttallii)
Tellinidae
Macoma
balthica (Linnaeus,
1758) [=Macoma inconspicua (Broderip
& G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)]
Macoma
petalum
(Valenciennes, 1821) (=Macoma
balthica of San Francisco Bay and other central California localities – now recognized as
genetically distinct from the boreal and European M. balthica.)
Solenidae
Solen
rostiformis
Dunker, 1862 (=Solen rosaceus Carpenter, 1864)
Pharidae
Siliqua
alta
(Broderip & G.B.Sowerby I, 1829) (=S. sloati
Hertlein, 1961)
Mactridae
Mactromeris
catilliformis
(Conrad, 1867) (=Spisula catilliformis)
Mactromeris
hemphillii (Dall,
1894) (=Mactra
hemphillii)
Mactrotoma
californica
(Conrad, 1837)
(=Mactra californica)
Simomactra
falcata
(Gould, 1850) (=Spisula falcata)
Simomactra
planulata
(Conrad, 1837) (=Mactra planulata)
Tresus capax (Gould, 1850)
(=Schizothaerus capax)
Tresus nuttallii (Conrad, 1837)
(=Schizothaerus nuttallii)
Corbulidae
Corbula amurensis
(=Potamocorbula amurensis)
Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica
(Linnaeus, 1767) [=Saxicava
arctica; = H. pholadis (Linnaeus, 1771); = H. solida (G.B. SowerbyI,1834)]
Panopea
abrupta
(Conrad, 1849) (Panope is an invalid emendation; =P. generosa
Gould, 1850)
Pholadidae
Penitella richardsoni
Kennedy, 1989 (=P. gabbi,
of authors)
Lyonsiidae
Entodesma pictum
(G.B. Sowerby I. 1834) [=E.
inflatum (Conrad, 1837)]
Entodesma
navicula
(A.Adams & Reeve, 1850) (=E. saxicola Baird, 1863)