Sphenia Turton, 1822 
AphiaID: 138212

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Heterodonta > Euheterodonta > Myoida > Myoidea > Myidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Sphenia binghami Turton, 1822 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent		Myidae 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] 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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Sphenia binghami Turton, 1822
Environment		marine
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Images		[image from typetaxon] Sphenia binghami added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam () qualitystatus: not checked [image from typetaxon] Sphenia binghami Turton, 1822 Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (3-4 m, 30.03.2009), actual size 4.3 mm added on 2013-02-05 - author: Antit, Mouna qualitystatus: checked by Gofas, Serge on 2013-02-05 13:38:33
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138212
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gofas, Serge 2011-04-06 18:28:01Z   changed   Bouchet, Philippe
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		Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Sphenia Turton, 1822. 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=138212 on 2013-05-25
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