Abra tenuis (Montagu, 1803) 
AphiaID: 141439

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Heterodonta > Euheterodonta > Veneroida > Tellinoidea > Semelidae > Abra

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Abra Lamarck, 1818
Sources		original description: Montagu, G. (1803) Testacea Britannica or Natural History of British Shells, Marine, Land, and Fresh-water, Including the Most Minute: Systematically Arranged and Embellished with Figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp. and Vol. 2, 293–606 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [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: Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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 tere dunschaal  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Banc d'Arguin [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Boughrara Lagoon [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] East Coast of England [details] English Channel [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Ghar El Melh lagoon [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Gabès [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North Africa [details] Northumberland [details] Scotland [details] South Coast of England [details] Tunis Lagoon [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Africa [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details]
Feedingtypes		deposit feeder: surface [details] interface grazer [details] suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) To CLEMAM 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 ITIS
Image		Abra tenuis added on 2013-01-21 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141439
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gofas, Serge
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		Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Abra tenuis (Montagu, 1803). 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=141439 on 2013-06-18
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