WoRMS taxon details
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
AphiaID: 140302
AphiaID: 140302
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Mactroidea (Superfamily) > Mactridae (Family) > Spisula (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Spisula Gray, 1837 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Mactra deltoides Lamarck, 1818 Mactra euxinica Krynicki, 1837 Mactra lactea Poli, 1791 Mactra striata T. Brown, 1827 Mactra triangula Brocchi, 1814 Spisula triangula (junior synonym) Trigonella subtruncata da Costa, 1778 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Da Costa E. M. (1778). Historia Naturalis Testaceorum Britanniae. London: Millan, White, Elmsley & Robson XII + 254 + VIII p., 17 pl: , available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ucm.5329027802 [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] 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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) 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] source of synonymy (from synonym): Gofas, Serge (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): MedOBIS (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Algiers Bay [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Canaries [details] De Haan [details] De Panne [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Goote Bank [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Jijel [details] Koksijde [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Oostduinkerke [details] Oostende [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tunis Gulf [details] Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wenduine [details] Wimereux [details] Zeebrugge [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Herrmannella rostrata Canu, 1891 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pseudanthessius gracilis Claus, 1889 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) To CLEMAM To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: This species probably spawns in winter and early spring. The pelagic larval stage seems to last fairly long. S. subtruncata is a suspension feeder and forms an important food item for diving birds like the Common Scooter that overwinter along the Dutch coast (Ziegelmeier, 1957; Wolff, 1973). [details] Description: A solid shell with a more or less triangular shape but assymmetrical: the back is somewhat more rounded than the front. A sculpture of fine concentric lines and grooves cover the shell. The growth lines are clearly visible. Measures up to 30 mm long. Fresh specimens are cream-coloured or yellowish white with a dun epidermis. [details] Distribution: The distribution area of Spisula subtruncata stretches across the entire Belgian part of the North Sea. In the 1994-2001 period, however, a preference for the near-coastal zone could be observed. Very high concentrations (up to 1,300 ind./m2) were especially observed near the western near-coastal zone. [details] Habitat: Spisula subtruncata occurs in different sediment types: from very fine to coarse sand and from low to high mud content. However, a preference can be observed for rather fine-grained sediments (median grain size 150-250 μm) enriched with mud (mud content of 10-40%). Spisula subtruncata is present in 60% of these sediment types. [details] Habitat: S. subtruncata lives in bottoms consisting of sand and muddy fine sand (Ziegelmeier, 1957; Tebble, 1966). [details] Morphology: A solid shell, somewhat triangular in outline with rounded corners. Large specimens reach 25 mm in length. A sculpture of fine concentric lines and grooves covers the shell. The growth stages are clear. It is dirty white in colour, with a greenish or greyish brown periostracum. The inside of the shell is white (Tebble, 1966; Wolff, 1973; Hayward & Ryland, 1990) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140302 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140302 on 2013-06-18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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