Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827) 
AphiaID: 140300

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Heterodonta > Euheterodonta > Veneroida > Mactroidea > Mactridae > Spisula

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Spisula Gray, 1837
Sources		original description: Brown, T. (1827) Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London, 144 pp., 52 pls. [Dates of publication for individual parts are given by Kennard & Woodward, 192 [details] basis of record: Huber M. (2010) 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details] 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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Danish elliptisk trugmusling  [details] Dutch elliptische strandschelp  [details] Dutch ovale strandschelp  [details] English elliptic trough shell  [details] French spisule  [details] German elliptische Trogmuschel  [details] German kleine Trogmuschel  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Barents Sea [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Goote Bank [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] North Sea [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details]
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Links		Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) To CLEMAM To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Image		Spisula elliptica added on 2013-01-21 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140300
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gofas, Serge
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		Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827). 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=140300 on 2013-05-19
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