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Vesicomya atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1885) 
AphiaID: 141961

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Glossoidea (Superfamily) > Vesicomyidae (Family) > Vesicomya (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Vesicomya 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]

basis of record: E. Krylova & R. von Cosel, pers. com., March 2010. [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]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141961
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). 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 2013-05-27
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