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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVesicomya atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1885) 
AphiaID: 141961

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 editorVeneroida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGlossoidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVesicomyidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVesicomya (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVesicomya atlantica (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVesicomya Dall, 1886
Sources  original description Smith E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by HMS Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger", Zoology : 13 (part 35): 1-341, pl. 1-25
prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard, Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-35/htm/doc.html [details]

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Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUnited Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo CLEMAM 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 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 PESI 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141961
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2014). Vesicomya atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141961 on 2015-01-25
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