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Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803) 
AphiaID: 140287

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Lucinoida (Order) > Lucinoidea (Superfamily) > Lucinidae (Family) > Myrtea (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Myrtea Turton, 1822
Synonymised
taxa		  Lucina spinifera (Montagu, 1803)
 Venus spinifera Montagu, 1803
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: 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]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

from synonym: Gofas, Serge (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Histroical benthic dredge samples from the southern baltic and the North (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Azores [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Senegal [details]
Shetlands [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Coast of England [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Authority: Montagu, 1803 [details]
Image 
Myrtea spinifera
Myrtea spinifera
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: checked by Taylor, John on 2013-04-26 10:57:09
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140287
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140287 on 2013-05-23
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