WoRMS taxon details
Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822
140432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140432)
accepted
Species
Mya binghami (W. Turton, 1822) · unaccepted
Mya binghami var. elongata Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted
Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted
marine
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; pl. 3 fig. 4-5; pl. 19 fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 36; pl. 3 fig. 4-5; pl. 19 fig. 3 [details]
Type locality contained in United Kingdom part of the English Channel
, Note Torbay, Devon, SW England
type locality contained in United Kingdom part of the English Channel [details]
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Type locality Torbay, Devon, SW England [details]
Nomenclature Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803, is a senior synonym of Sphenia binghami Turton, 1822, but Montagu's name was long...
Nomenclature Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803, is a senior synonym of Sphenia binghami Turton, 1822, but Montagu's name was long considered to be a synonym of Hiatella arctica and has not been used as the valid name of a taxon after 1899. Pending a formal reversal of precedence under ICZN Art. 23.9, MolluscaBase maintains the status quo, with Sphenia binghami as the valid name. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140432 on 2026-03-03
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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; pl. 3 fig. 4-5; pl. 19 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803) 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.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]
original description (of Mya binghami var. elongata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 71 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 36; pl. 3 fig. 4-5; pl. 19 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803) 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.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]
original description (of Mya binghami var. elongata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 71 [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
additional source
Yonge, C. M. (1951). Observations on <i>Sphenia binghami</i> Turton. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 30: 387-392., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469/1/Observations_on_Sphenia_binghami_Turton.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803, is a senior synonym of Sphenia binghami Turton, 1822, but Montagu's name was long considered to be a synonym of Hiatella arctica and has not been used as the valid name of a taxon after 1899. Pending a formal reversal of precedence under ICZN Art. 23.9, MolluscaBase maintains the status quo, with Sphenia binghami as the valid name. [details]Type locality Torbay, Devon, SW England [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | kleine gaper | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To GB Mollusca Types (Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803; Lectotype; EXEMS Moll4292) (from synonym Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803)
To Malacopics (Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822 Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Hitra Island, by dredging, ...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Mya binghami (W. Turton, 1822))
To PESI (from synonym Mya binghami var. elongata Jeffreys, 1865)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Dyntaxa
To GB Mollusca Types (Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803; Lectotype; EXEMS Moll4292) (from synonym Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803)
To Malacopics (Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822 Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Hitra Island, by dredging, ...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Mya binghami (W. Turton, 1822))
To PESI (from synonym Mya binghami var. elongata Jeffreys, 1865)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
