BeRMS taxon details

Spisula Gray, 1837 
AphiaID: 138159

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Heterodonta > Euheterodonta > Veneroida > Mactroidea > Mactridae
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Mactridae Lamarck, 1809
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: 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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Norwegian BokmÃ¥l trauskjell  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk trauskjel  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827)
Species Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Images 
Spisula sp.
Spisula sp.
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Spisula sp.
Spisula sp.
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Spisula sp.
Spisula sp.
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Spisula sp.
Spisula sp.
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138159
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2012-04-18 19:31:56Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Spisula Gray, 1837. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138159 on 2013-05-19
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