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Scissodesma spengleri (Linnaeus, 1767) 
AphiaID: 224819

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Mactroidea (Superfamily) > Mactridae (Family) > Scissodesma (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Scissodesma Gray, 1837
Synonymised
taxa		  Mactra spengleri Linnaeus, 1767
Sources  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]

additional source: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

additional source: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 179 [details]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English angular surf clam  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution South Coast of South Africa [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Image 
Scissodesma spengleri
Scissodesma spengleri
added on 2013-01-21 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224819
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-03-17 07:57:46Z  created  Mussai, Prakash
2010-09-23 10:34:21Z  changed  Huber, Markus
2012-07-07 02:38:46Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Huber, M. (2013). Scissodesma spengleri (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224819 on 2013-05-19
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