WoRMS taxon details
Spisula Gray, 1837
AphiaID: 138159
AphiaID: 138159
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Mactroidea (Superfamily) > Mactridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Cardium solidum Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation) | ||||||||||
| Parent | Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Notospisula Iredale, 1930 Spisula (Hemimactra) Swainson, 1840 Spisula (Notospisula) Iredale, 1930 Spisula (Spisula) Gray, 1837 Spisula (Spisulona) Marwick, 1948 Spisulina P. Fischer, 1887 (synonym) Spisulona Marwick, 1948 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: 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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details] from synonym: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Iredale T. (1930) More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930], available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf page(s): 400, 407 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Beu A.G. (2004) Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111-265. page(s): 166 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Spisula austini Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990 Species Spisula discors (Gray, 1837) Species Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827) Species Spisula murchisoni (Reeve, 1854) Species Spisula raveneli (Conrad, 1832) Species Spisula sachalinensis (Schrenck, 1862) Species Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817) Species Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778) Species Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818) Species Spisula voyi (Gabb, 1866) † Species Spisula williamsi (Berry, 1960) Subgenus Spisula (Hemimactra) Swainson, 1840 represented as Spisula Gray, 1837 (alternate representation)
Subgenus Spisula (Notospisula) Iredale, 1930 accepted as Spisula Gray, 1837
Species Spisula adelaidae Angas, 1865 accepted as Anapella cycladea (Lamarck, 1818) Species Spisula alaskana Dall, 1921 accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860) Species Spisula belliana B. Oliver, 1915 accepted as Oxyperas belliana (Oliver, 1915) Species Spisula bernardi Pilsbry, 1904 accepted as Oxyperas bernardi (Pilsbry, 1904) Species Spisula camaronis Dall, 1921 accepted as Mactromeris hemphillii (Dall, 1894) Species Spisula catilliformis Conrad, 1867 accepted as Mactromeris catilliformis (Conrad, 1867) Species Spisula cretacea Angas, 1868 accepted as Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818) Species Spisula dolabriformis Conrad, 1867 accepted as Simomactra dolabriformis (Conrad, 1867) Species Spisula fragilis Gray, 1837 accepted as Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791) Species Spisula hemphillii (Dall, 1894) accepted as Mactromeris hemphillii (Dall, 1894) Species Spisula isabelleana (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Mactra isabelleana d'Orbigny, 1846 Species Spisula lamarckii Gray, 1837 accepted as Eastonia rugosa (Helbling, 1779) Species Spisula lentiginosa Gould, 1852 accepted as Oxyperas lentiginosa (Gould, 1852) Species Spisula longa Dall, 1921 accepted as Tresus nuttallii (Conrad, 1837) Species Spisula marplatensis (Doello-Jurado, 1949) accepted as Mactra marplatensis Doello-Jurado, 1949 Species Spisula ovata Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843 accepted as Cyclomactra ovata (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843) Species Spisula petitii (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Mactra petitii d'Orbigny, 1846 Species Spisula polynyma (Stimpson, 1860) accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860) Species Spisula producta Angas, 1868 accepted as Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818) Species Spisula richmondi (Dall, 1894) accepted as Mactra petitii d'Orbigny, 1846 Species Spisula sayii Gray, 1837 accepted as Spisula raveneli (Conrad, 1832) Species Spisula solanderi J. E. Gray, 1837 accepted as Eastonia solanderi (Gray, 1837) Species Spisula strongi Burch, 1945 accepted as Simomactra planulata (Conrad, 1837) Species Spisula triangula accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778) Species Spisula vladivostokensis Bartsch, 1929 accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860) Species Spisula voji [sic] accepted as Spisula voyi (Gabb, 1866) † | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138159 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Spisula Gray, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138159 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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