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Abra Lamarck, 1818 
AphiaID: 138474

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Semelidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Mactra tenuis Montagu, 1803 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870 (1825)
Synonymised
taxa
  Abrina Habe, 1952 (synonym)
Lutricularia Monterosato, 1884 (synonym)
Orixa Leach in Gray, 1852 (synonym)
Syndesmya P. Fischer, 1887
Syndosmya Récluz, 1843 (synonym)
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: Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. 2009 Recent Mollusca. Pp 196-219 in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.), The New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch [details]

additional source: 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]

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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

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: Indo-Pacific Marine Molluscs, available online at http://clade.ansp.org/obis/ [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Abra aegyptiaca Oliver & Zuschin, 2000
Species Abra aequalis (Say, 1822)
Species Abra affinis E. A. Smith, 1899
Species Abra africana Bartsch, 1915
Species Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802)
Species Abra braziliensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra californica Knudsen, 1970
Species Abra cistula (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Species Abra convexior E. A. Smith, 1895
Species Abra demosia (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
Species Abra exigua (H. Adams, 1862)
Species Abra fragillima (Issel, 1869)
Species Abra fujitai Habe, 1958
Species Abra grimaldii (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
Species Abra inanis Prashad, 1932
Species Abra infans (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra intesi Cosel, 1995
Species Abra isosceles (Hedley, 1909)
Species Abra jarli Nicklès, 1955
Species Abra kinoshitai Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1958
Species Abra kraemmeri Nicklès, 1955
Species Abra kyurokusimana (Nomura & Hatai, 1940)
Species Abra lactea Dunker, 1862
Species Abra lecointrei Nicklès, 1955
Species Abra lioica (Dall, 1881)
Species Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835)
  » Subspecies Abra longicallus americana Verrill & Bush, 1898 accepted as Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835)
Species Abra lunella (Gould, 1861)
Species Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Species Abra palmeri Dall, 1915
Species Abra philippinensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra pilsbryi (Dautzenberg, 1912)
  » Subspecies Abra pilsbryi elata Nicklès, 1955 accepted as Abra pilsbryi (Dautzenberg, 1912)
Species Abra pini Cosel, 1995
Species Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)
Species Abra profundorum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  » Subspecies Abra profundorum japonicum Okutani, 1975 accepted as Abra profundorum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra regularis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra renieri (Bronn, 1831)
Species Abra scarlatoi (Kamenev, 2004)
Species Abra scotti Huber, 2010
Species Abra segmentum (Récluz, 1843)
Species Abra seurati (Lamy, 1906)
Species Abra sibogai Prashad, 1932
Species Abra soyoae Habe, 1958
Species Abra tenuis (Montagu, 1803)
  » Subspecies Abra tenuis lorenzoi Cecalupo, Buzzurro & Mariani, 2008
Species Abra tepocana Dall, 1915
Species Abra truncata Hedley, 1906
Species Abra uruguayensis (Pilsbry, 1897)
Species Abra weberi Prashad, 1932

Species Abra bella Conrad in Kerr, 1873 accepted as Semele bellastriata (Conrad, 1837)
Species Abra brasiliana accepted as Abra braziliensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra cadabra Eames & Wilkins, 1957 accepted as Theora cadabra (Eames & Wilkins, 1957)
Species Abra fragilis Risso, 1826 accepted as Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)
Species Abra intermedia Thompson accepted as Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Species Abra kanamarui Kuroda, 1951 accepted as Abra lunella (Gould, 1861)
Species Abra kurodai Habe, 1961 accepted as Abra fujitai Habe, 1958
Species Abra longicallis (Scacchi, 1835) accepted as Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835)
  » Variety Abra longicallis var. americana Verrill & Bush, 1898 accepted as Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835)
Species Abra maxima (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) accepted as Abra philippinensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra milaschevichi Nevesskaja, 1963 accepted as Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)
Species Abra nuculiformis Conrad, 1867 accepted as Abra aequalis (Say, 1822)
Species Abra ovata Philippi, 1836 accepted as Abra segmentum (Récluz, 1843)
Species Abra pacifica Dall, 1915 accepted as Cumingia pacifica (Dall, 1915)
Species Abra patagonica Ihering, 1907 accepted as Abra uruguayensis (Pilsbry, 1897)
Species Abra petiti (Dautzenberg, 1923) accepted as Iacra petiti Dautzenberg, 1923
Species Abra segmentina H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 accepted as Abra segmentum (Récluz, 1843)
Species Abra seychellarum (A. Adams, 1856) accepted as Iacra seychellarum (A. Adams, 1856)
Species Abra skinoshitai [sic] accepted as Abra kinoshitai Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1958
Species Abra trotteriana (Sowerby III, 1894) accepted as Iacra trotteriana (Sowerby III, 1894)
Environment marine
Distribution Angola [details]
Feedingtype  deposit feeder: surface [details]
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Note  Classification: in family Scrobiculariidae [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138474
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2012-09-22 18:52:20Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Abra Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138474 on 2013-05-22
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