WoRMS taxon details
Periploma fragile (Totten, 1835)
156939 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156939)
accepted
Species
Anatina fragilis Totten, 1835 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Periploma fragilis (Totten, 1835) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Anatina fragilis Totten, 1835) Totten J G. (1835). Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England. No. 2. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 28: 347-353, 1: pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15730904
page(s): 347, plate, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 347, plate, fig. 1 [details]
Note USA, Rhode Island, Newport harbor
Type locality USA, Rhode Island, Newport harbor [details]
Distribution Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern...
Distribution Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), lower St. Lawrence estuary; middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Periploma fragile (Totten, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156939 on 2025-06-27
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Nomenclature
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(of Anatina fragilis Totten, 1835) Totten J G. (1835). Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England. No. 2. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 28: 347-353, 1: pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15730904
page(s): 347, plate, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 347, plate, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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] Available for editors [request]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality USA, Rhode Island, Newport harbor [details]Unreviewed
Dimensions reaches 2.5 cm in size [details]Distribution Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), lower St. Lawrence estuary; middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands) [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | fragile spoonclam | [details] |
