WoRMS taxon details
Sphenia W. Turton, 1822
138212 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138212)
accepted
Genus
Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822 (type by subsequent designation)
Sphaenia [sic] · unaccepted (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
Sphena [sic] · unaccepted (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
Tyleria H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Sphenia acuta Staadt, 1913 †
- Species Sphenia aequilateralis Deshayes, 1857 †
- Species Sphenia anatina (Basterot, 1825) †
- Species Sphenia angulata Deshayes, 1856 †
- Species Sphenia angusta Deshayes, 1857 †
- Species Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822
- Species Sphenia coreanica Habe, 1951
- Species Sphenia cuneiformis Deshayes, 1857 †
- Species Sphenia cyrenoides Cossmann, 1886 †
- Species Sphenia donaciformis Deshayes, 1857 †
- Species Sphenia elongata J.-L. Zhang, F.-S. Xu & J.-Y. Liu, 2012
- Species Sphenia fragilis (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
- Species Sphenia gulfensis Coan, 1999
- Species Sphenia hatcheri Pilsbry, 1899
- Species Sphenia leptomorpha Cossmann, 1892 †
- Species Sphenia luticola (Valenciennes, 1846)
- Species Sphenia marci Koperberg, 1931 †
- Species Sphenia myalis Deshayes, 1857 †
- Species Sphenia nana (Davitashvili & Kharatishvili, 1945) †
- Species Sphenia natalensis E. A. Smith, 1910
- Species Sphenia nitens Bayan, 1873 †
- Species Sphenia passyana Deshayes, 1857 †
- Species Sphenia perversa Blanford, 1867
- Species Sphenia pholadum P. Oppenheim, 1906 †
- Species Sphenia praepusilla Harzhauser, Mandic, Büyükmeriç, Neubauer, Kadolsky & Landau, 2016 †
- Species Sphenia radiatula Cossmann, 1882 †
- Species Sphenia resecta Cossmann, 1886 †
- Species Sphenia rostrata (Lamarck, 1806) †
- Species Sphenia rueppellii A. Adams, 1851
- Species Sphenia ruhoffae Le Renard, 1994 †
- Species Sphenia sincera Hanks & Packer, 1985
- Species Sphenia tellina O. Boettger, 1880 †
- Species Sphenia terquemi Deshayes, 1857 †
- Species Sphenia truncata Deshayes, 1856 †
- Species Sphenia tumida J. E. Lewis, 1968
- Species Sphenia alternata A. d'Orbigny, 1853 accepted as Cardiomya alternata (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) (original combination)
- Species Sphenia angulata S. V. Wood, 1840 accepted as Basterotina angulata (S. V. Wood, 1857) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Sphenia angulata S. V. Wood, 1857 accepted as Basterotina angulata (S. V. Wood, 1857) (original combination)
- Species Sphenia antillensis Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901 accepted as Sphenia fragilis (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
- Species Sphenia arcuata Deshayes, 1857 † accepted as Hindsiella arcuata (Deshayes, 1857) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphenia bilirata Gabb, 1861 accepted as Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Sphenia californica Conrad, 1837 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphenia cimmeria (Andrusov, 1890) † accepted as Sphenia anatina cimmeria (Andrusov, 1890) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphenia cleryana A. d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Cardiomya cleryana (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) (original combination)
- Species Sphenia decurtata A. Adams, 1851 accepted as Tugonia decurtata (A. Adams, 1851) (superseded combination)
- Species Sphenia elliptica A. Adams, 1851 accepted as Cryptomya elliptica (A. Adams, 1851) (original combination)
- Species Sphenia globula Dall, 1919 accepted as Sphenia luticola (Valenciennes, 1846)
- Species Sphenia inaequalis E. A. Smith, 1893 accepted as Sphenia perversa Blanford, 1867
- Species Sphenia ornatissima A. d'Orbigny, 1853 accepted as Cardiomya ornatissima (A. d'Orbigny, 1853) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphenia ovoidea P. P. Carpenter, 1865 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sphenia pacifica Crosse, 1868 accepted as Sphenia pacificiensis de Folin, 1867 accepted as Sphenia fragilis (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
- Species Sphenia pacificiensis de Folin, 1867 accepted as Sphenia fragilis (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
- Species Sphenia philippinarum A. Adams, 1851 accepted as Cryptomya philippinarum (A. Adams, 1851)
- Species Sphenia pholadidea Dall, 1916 accepted as Sphenia luticola (Valenciennes, 1846)
- Species Sphenia princeps A. Adams, 1851 accepted as Cryptomya princeps (A. Adams, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphenia quadrangularis Lynge, 1909 accepted as Aenictomya quadrangularis (Lynge, 1909)
- Species Sphenia rietensis W. H. Turton, 1932 accepted as Sphenia natalensis E. A. Smith, 1910 (junior synonym)
- Species Sphenia rugosula Deshayes, 1857 † accepted as Anisodonta rugosula (Deshayes, 1857) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphenia similis E. A. Smith, 1893 accepted as Sphenia sowerbyi E. A. Smith, 1893 accepted as Indosphenia sowerbyi (E. A. Smith, 1893)
- Species Sphenia sowerbyi E. A. Smith, 1893 accepted as Indosphenia sowerbyi (E. A. Smith, 1893)
- Species Sphenia subequalis Dall, 1908 accepted as Sphenia hatcheri Pilsbry, 1899
- Species Sphenia swainsoni W. Turton, 1822 accepted as Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Sphenia trunculus Dall, 1916 accepted as Sphenia fragilis (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sphenia paulina Mayer, 1861 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 36, 17, 37 [details]
page(s): 36, 17, 37 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sphenia W. Turton, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138212 on 2025-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 36, 17, 37 [details]
original description (of Tyleria H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1854). Description of a new genus of bivalve Mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2,.</em> 14: 218., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18659877
page(s): 218. [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]
page(s): 36, 17, 37 [details]
original description (of Tyleria H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1854). Description of a new genus of bivalve Mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2,.</em> 14: 218., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18659877
page(s): 218. [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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]




Unreviewed
Classification in family Myacidae [details]