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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803) 
AphiaID: 140287

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBivalvia (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterodonta (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEuheterodonta (Infraclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLucinoida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLucinoidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLucinidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrteinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrtea (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrtea spinifera (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrtea Turton, 1822
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLucina spinifera (Montagu, 1803)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLucina spinifera var. gallensis de Gregorio, 1885 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLucina spinifera var. minor Jeffreys, 1864 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLucina spinifera var. zina de Gregorio, 1885 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrtea spinosa [sic] (misspelling of Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803))
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOrtygia spinifera T. Brown, 1827
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVenus 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]

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Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
Mediterranean Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMediterranean Sea [details]
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGreek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAzores [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAzores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIrish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorShetlands [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUnited Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Senegal
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSenegal [details]
United Kingdom
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorWest Coast of England [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSwedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEncyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo CLEMAM 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Dyntaxa 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (17 nucleotides; 4 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Marine Species Identification Portal 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAuthority Montagu, 1803 [details]
ImageChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
Myrtea spinifera
Myrtea spinifera
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. (2014). Myrtea spinifera. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140287 on 2015-03-06
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