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Spisula (Spisula) ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817) 
AphiaID: 151594

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Mactroidea (Superfamily) > Mactridae (Family) > Spisula (Genus) > Spisula (Spisula) (Subgenus)
Status alternate representation
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Spisula (Spisula) Gray, 1837 represented as Spisula Gray, 1837
Source  basis of record: 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]

Distribution Tunis Gulf [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  suspension feeder [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151594
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-06 17:26:17Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2012-07-15 20:42:05Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
2012-08-04 19:02:26Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Spisula (Spisula) ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151594 on 2013-05-25
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