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Scissula similis (J. Sowerby, 1806) 
AphiaID: 420892

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) similis J. Sowerby, 1806
Tellina similis J. Sowerby, 1806 (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]

basis of record (from synonym): Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 45 [details] [view taxon]


basis of record (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 Belize [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Cayman Islands [details]
Cuba [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Jamaica [details]
Lesser Antilles [details]
Mexico [details]
Puerto Rico [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
Image 
Scissula similis
Scissula similis
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420892
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
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 similis (J. Sowerby, 1806). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420892 on 2013-06-20
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