WoRMS taxon details
Sphenia hatcheri Pilsbry, 1899
505910 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505910)
accepted
Species
Sphenia subequalis Dall, 1908 · unaccepted
marine
Pilsbry, H. A. (1899). Littoral mollusks from Cape Fairweather, Patagonia. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> (4) 7: 126-128, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40258302
page(s): 128, pl. 1 fig. 5-6 [details]
page(s): 128, pl. 1 fig. 5-6 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sphenia hatcheri Pilsbry, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505910 on 2025-08-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Pilsbry, H. A. (1899). Littoral mollusks from Cape Fairweather, Patagonia. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> (4) 7: 126-128, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40258302
page(s): 128, pl. 1 fig. 5-6 [details]
original description (of Sphenia subequalis Dall, 1908) Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 128, pl. 1 fig. 5-6 [details]
original description (of Sphenia subequalis Dall, 1908) Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051 [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
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. [details]





To ANSP Malacology Collection
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Sphenia hatcheri. Pilsbry, 1899. American Journal of Science 7: 128, pl. 1, fig. 5, 6 - catalog no. 78093)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Malacopics (Sphenia hatcheri Pilsbry, 1899 Argentina, Santa Cruz, 23 km S of Puerto Deseado, on soft rocks, by diving, at 2-3 m depth, collected 2002-10-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Sphenia subequalis Dall, 1908)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Sphenia hatcheri. Pilsbry, 1899. American Journal of Science 7: 128, pl. 1, fig. 5, 6 - catalog no. 78093)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Malacopics (Sphenia hatcheri Pilsbry, 1899 Argentina, Santa Cruz, 23 km S of Puerto Deseado, on soft rocks, by diving, at 2-3 m depth, collected 2002-10-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Sphenia subequalis Dall, 1908)