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Martesia (Martesia) G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 
AphiaID: 511179

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Myoida (Order) > Pholadoidea (Superfamily) > Pholadidae (Family) > Martesiinae (Subfamily) > Martesia (Genus)
Status alternate representation
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
Rank Subgenus
Parent Martesia G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
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]

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]

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taxa
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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)
Distribution United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511179
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2010-09-01 10:13:04Z  created  Tran, Bastien
2010-09-15 12:11:24Z  checked  Huber, Markus
2010-10-13 10:30:08Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2013-01-14 21:56:30Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Huber, M. (2013). Martesia (Martesia) G.B. Sowerby I, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511179 on 2013-05-21
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