Rangia cuneata (Sowerby I, 1832) 
AphiaID: 156991

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Rangia Desmoulins, 1832
Sources		basis of record: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C  [details] basis of record: Verween A., Kerckhof F., Vincx M. & Degraer S. (2006). First European record of the invasive brackish water clam Rangia cuneata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1831) (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Aquatic Invasions : 1(4): 198-203, available online at http://www.aquaticinvasions.ru/2006/AI_2006_1_4_Verween_etal.pdf [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] additional source: Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch Amerikaanse strandschelp  [details] English Atlantic rangia  [details] English common rangia  [details] English wedge clam  [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, terrestrial
Distribution		Antwerp harbour [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details]
Links		Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications) to CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS
Images		Rangia cuneata added on 2006-12-19 - author: Annick Verween qualitystatus: not checked Rangia cuneata added on 2013-01-21 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156991
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-05-20 11:54:45Z   created   Cuvelier, Daphne 2007-01-03 09:05:25Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2007-10-08 18:47:52Z   changed   Gofas, Serge 2010-09-23 10:34:21Z   changed   Huber, Markus 2011-10-22 14:32:48Z   changed   Rosenberg, Gary
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		Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Huber, M.; Gofas, S. (2013). Rangia cuneata (Sowerby I, 1832). 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=156991 on 2013-05-23
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