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Abra aequalis (Say, 1822) 
AphiaID: 293683

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Semelidae (Family) > Abra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Abra Lamarck, 1818
Synonymised
taxa
  Abra nuculiformis Conrad, 1867
Amphidesma aequalis Say, 1822
Sources  basis of record: Indo-Pacific Marine Molluscs, available online at http://clade.ansp.org/obis/ [details]

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: Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Belize [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Cayman Islands [details]
Colombia [details]
Cuba [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Mexico [details]
Puerto Rico [details]
San Andres [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293683
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-02-18 18:07:20Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-09-23 11:55:17Z  checked  Huber, Markus
2011-12-22 13:31:38Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Huber, M. (2013). Abra aequalis (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293683 on 2013-05-25
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