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Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 140295

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Mactroidea (Superfamily) > Mactridae (Family) > Lutraria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lutraria Lamarck, 1799
Synonymised
taxa
  Chama magna da Costa, 1778
Lutraria elliptica Lamarck, 1801 (synonym)
Lutraria elliptica var. latior Philippi, 1844
Lutraria lutraria f. capensis Reeve, 1854
Lutraria lutraria var. panormensis Gregorio, 1885
Lutraria solida Philippi, 1851
Lutraria vulgaris Fleming, 1828
Mya lutraria Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

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]

basis of record: 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]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record (from synonym): Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 179 [details] [view taxon]


additional source (from synonym): Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 224 [details] [view taxon]


Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Catalan navalló  [details]
Dutch gewone otterschelp  [details]
Dutch otterschelp  [details]
Dutch ovale otterschelp  [details]
Dutch ovale slijkschelp  [details]
English common otter shell  [details]
English otter shell  [details]
French lacogne  [details]
French lutraire  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Πετσίνα  [details]
Spanish arola  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 
Forma Lutraria lutraria f. capensis Reeve, 1854 accepted as Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Lutraria lutraria var. panormensis Gregorio, 1885 accepted as Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
British Isles [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Namibia [details]
South Coast of South Africa [details]
South Norway [details]
Tunis Gulf [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Africa [details]
West Coast of South Africa [details]
Wimereux (not certain[details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Host of  Herrmannella rostrata Canu, 1891 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Picture of Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Picture of Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Picture of Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Lutraria lutraria
Lutraria lutraria
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Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
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luteraria luteraria otterschelp
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luteraria luteraria otterschelp
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gewone otterschelpen
gewone otterschelpen
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Lutraria lutraria
Lutraria lutraria
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140295
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140295 on 2013-06-20
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