Sphenia binghami Turton, 1822 
AphiaID: 140432

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Sphenia Turton, 1822
Parent		Sphenia Turton, 1822
Sources		original description: Turton W. (1822). Conchylia dithyra Insularum britannicarum. The bivalve shells of the British Islands. London pp. 279 + 2O pl:  [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: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch kleine gaper  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Goote Bank [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North Africa [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Africa [details] Wimereux [details]
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) To CLEMAM To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS
Images		Sphenia binghami added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam () qualitystatus: not checked 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:140432
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gofas, Serge
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		Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Sphenia binghami 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=140432 on 2013-05-19
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