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Scissula iris (Say, 1822) 
AphiaID: 420891

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Tellinidae (Family) > Scissula (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Scissula Dall, 1900
Synonymised
taxa
  Tellina (Scissula) iris Say, 1822
Tellina iris Say, 1822 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: 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]

from synonym: Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl:
page(s): 503 [details] [view taxon]


Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Image 
Scissula iris
Scissula iris
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420891
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2009-10-06 12:38:14Z  created  db_admin
2011-10-23 02:34:02Z  checked  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Scissula iris (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420891 on 2013-05-23
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