WoRMS taxon details
Sphenia fragilis (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
420973 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420973)
accepted
Species
Sphenia pacifica Crosse, 1868 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Sphenia pacificiensis de Folin, 1867 · unaccepted
Sphenia trunculus Dall, 1916 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Tyleria fragilis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Tyleria fragilis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1854). Description of a new genus of bivalve Mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2,.</em> 14: 218., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18659877 [details]
Type locality contained in Mazatlan
type locality contained in Mazatlan [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Sphenia fragilis (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420973 on 2026-09-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tyleria fragilis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1854). Description of a new genus of bivalve Mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2,.</em> 14: 218., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18659877 [details]
original description (of Sphenia pacifica Crosse, 1868) Crosse, H. (1868). Les méléagrinicoles. Espèces nouvelles, par L. de Folin (1) [Review]. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 16: 217-219., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15135412
note: introduced in synonymy, made available by posterior usage as a valid name (von Martens, 1868, E. A. Smith, 1893) [details]
original description (of Sphenia trunculus Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 415 [details]
original description (of Sphenia pacificiensis de Folin, 1867) Folin L. de. (1867). Les méléagrinicoles. Espéces nouvelles. <em>Recueil des Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études Diverses.</em> 33: 41–112, 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11247403 [details]
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] Available for editors
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original description (of Sphenia pacifica Crosse, 1868) Crosse, H. (1868). Les méléagrinicoles. Espèces nouvelles, par L. de Folin (1) [Review]. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 16: 217-219., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15135412
note: introduced in synonymy, made available by posterior usage as a valid name (von Martens, 1868, E. A. Smith, 1893) [details]
original description (of Sphenia trunculus Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 415 [details]
original description (of Sphenia pacificiensis de Folin, 1867) Folin L. de. (1867). Les méléagrinicoles. Espéces nouvelles. <em>Recueil des Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études Diverses.</em> 33: 41–112, 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11247403 [details]
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] Available for editors
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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. [details]
status source Simone, L. R. L.; Machado, F. M. (2026). Addressing nomenclatural issues in South American marine bivalves. <em>Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia.</em> 66: e202666031., available online at https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2026.66.031
page(s): 9 [details]
status source Simone, L. R. L.; Machado, F. M. (2026). Addressing nomenclatural issues in South American marine bivalves. <em>Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia.</em> 66: e202666031., available online at https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2026.66.031
page(s): 9 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Coan, E. V. (1999). The eastern Pacific species of <i>Sphenia</i> (Bivalvia: Myidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 113(4): 103-120, figs. 1-24., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8270961
page(s): 105-110, figs. 2-6, 18, 24 [details]
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]
additional source Pastorino G. & Bagur M. (2011) The genus <i>Sphenia</i> Turton, 1822 (Bivalvia: Myidae) from shallow waters of Argentina. <i>Malacologia</i> 54(1-2): 431-435., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.054.0112 [details]
additional source Coan, E. V. (1999). The eastern Pacific species of <i>Sphenia</i> (Bivalvia: Myidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 113(4): 103-120, figs. 1-24., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8270961
page(s): 105-110, figs. 2-6, 18, 24 [details]
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]
additional source Pastorino G. & Bagur M. (2011) The genus <i>Sphenia</i> Turton, 1822 (Bivalvia: Myidae) from shallow waters of Argentina. <i>Malacologia</i> 54(1-2): 431-435., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.054.0112 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 70551)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Sphenia trunculus Dall, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphenia fragilis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Tyleria fragilis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Sphenia fragilis (H.Adams & A.Adams,1854) Suriname, Coronie, N of Coppename River m...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Sphenia trunculus Dall, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Sphenia trunculus Dall, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphenia fragilis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Tyleria fragilis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Sphenia fragilis (H.Adams & A.Adams,1854) Suriname, Coronie, N of Coppename River m...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Sphenia trunculus Dall, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
