CaRMS taxon details
Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758)
140771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140771)
accepted
Species
marine
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors

Distribution Labrador to Delaware; Europe
Distribution Labrador to Delaware; Europe [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140771 on 2025-05-06
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140771 on 2025-05-06
original description
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Yamazaki, T.; Nobetsu, T.; Haga, T.; Chiba, S.; Sonoda, T. (2016). Mollusks in Sakhalin Island, Russia, with special notes on the occurrence of <i>Mya (Arenomya) baxteri</i> Coan & Scott, 1997 and <i>Zirfaea crispata</i> (Linnaeus, 1758). <em>Chribotan.</em> 45(4): 262-283. [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]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Yamazaki, T.; Nobetsu, T.; Haga, T.; Chiba, S.; Sonoda, T. (2016). Mollusks in Sakhalin Island, Russia, with special notes on the occurrence of <i>Mya (Arenomya) baxteri</i> Coan & Scott, 1997 and <i>Zirfaea crispata</i> (Linnaeus, 1758). <em>Chribotan.</em> 45(4): 262-283. [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]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]




Unreviewed
Dimensions reaches 5 to 8.5 cm in size [details]Distribution Labrador to Delaware; Europe [details]
Habitat intertidal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
Spelling In Müller (2004) as Zirphea crispata [details]
Language | Name | |
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Danish | stor boremusling | [details] |
Dutch | ruwe boormossel | [details] |
English | oval piddockgreat piddockAtlantic great piddock | [details] |
French | pholade crépuegrand pholade rugueuse | [details] |
German | krause Bohrmuschel | [details] |
Norwegian Bokmål | strutskjell | [details] |
Norwegian Nynorsk | strutskjel | [details] |
Swedish | nordlig borrmussla | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758) North Sea, Dogger Bank, live dredged, ex coll. J....
To Malacopics (Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Zirfaea crispata var. truncata Kaas,1939 SYNTYPE Nederland, Noord Holland, Texel, De...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 033528)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758) North Sea, Dogger Bank, live dredged, ex coll. J....
To Malacopics (Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Zirfaea crispata var. truncata Kaas,1939 SYNTYPE Nederland, Noord Holland, Texel, De...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 033528)
To ITIS