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Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 
AphiaID: 156864

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Myoida (Order) > Pholadoidea (Superfamily) > Pholadidae (Family) > Martesiinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Pholas clavata Lamarck, 1818 (type by monotypy)
Parent Martesiinae Grant & Gale, 1931
Synonymised
taxa
  Diploplax Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 (synonym)
Hiata Zetek & McLean, 1936 (synonym)
Martesia (Martesia) G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
Martesia (Particoma) Bartsch & Rehder, 1945
Martesiella Verrill & Bush, 1898 (synonym)
Mesopholas Taki & Habe, 1945 (synonym)
Sources  redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

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 Species Martesia cuneiformis (Say, 1822)
Species Martesia fragilis Verrill & Bush, 1898
Species Martesia multistriata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Species Martesia nairi Turner & Santhakumaran, 1989
Species Martesia obtecta (Sowerby, 1849)
Species Martesia pygmaea Tchang, Tsi & Li, 1960
Species Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subgenus Martesia (Martesia) G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 represented as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 (alternate representation)
  » Species Martesia (Martesia) fragilis Verrill & Bush, 1898 represented as Martesia fragilis Verrill & Bush, 1898 (alternate representation)
» Species Martesia (Martesia) striata (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758) (alternate representation)
Subgenus Martesia (Particoma) Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 represented as Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 (alternate representation)
  » Species Martesia (Particoma) cuneiformis (Say, 1822) represented as Martesia cuneiformis (Say, 1822) (alternate representation)

Species Martesia americana Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Martesia australis Gray, 1851 accepted as Martesia multistriata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
Species Martesia bahamensis Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia fragilis Verrill & Bush, 1898
Species Martesia delicatula Preston, 1910 accepted as Barnea manilensis (Philippi, 1847)
Species Martesia exquisita Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia fragilis Verrill & Bush, 1898
Species Martesia fluminalis Blanford, 1867 accepted as Lignopholas fluminalis (Blanford, 1867)
Species Martesia funisicola Bartsch & Rehder, 1945 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Martesia hawaiensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Martesia intercalata Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Diplothyra curta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Species Martesia pulchella Yokoyama, 1932 accepted as Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Martesia roseotincta Jousseaume, 1891 accepted as Parapholas quadrizonata (Spengler, 1792)
Environment marine
Distribution United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156864
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-20 07:57:29Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-07-10 09:41:30Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2010-08-02 10:05:06Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2013-01-14 21:56:30Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Martesia G.B. Sowerby I, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156864 on 2013-05-22
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