WoRMS taxon details
Grippina coronata Machado & F. D. Passos, 2015
863005 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:863005)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Machado F.M. & Passos F.D. (2015). Spheniopsidae Gardner, 1928 (Bivalvia): Conchological characters of two new species from off Brazil, southwestern Atlantic. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 33(2): 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.4003/006.033.0207
page(s): 5, figs 3-4 [details]
page(s): 5, figs 3-4 [details]
Type locality contained in Campos Basin
type locality contained in Campos Basin [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Grippina coronata Machado & F. D. Passos, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=863005 on 2026-08-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Machado F.M. & Passos F.D. (2015). Spheniopsidae Gardner, 1928 (Bivalvia): Conchological characters of two new species from off Brazil, southwestern Atlantic. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 33(2): 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.4003/006.033.0207
page(s): 5, figs 3-4 [details]
page(s): 5, figs 3-4 [details]
Other
additional source
Morton, B., F.M. Machado & F.D. Passos. (2016). The smallest carnivorous bivalve? Biology, morphology and behaviour of Grippina coronata (Anomalodesmata: Cuspidarioidea: Spheniopsidae) preying on epipsammic microcrustaceans in the southwestern Atlantic off Brazil. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 82(2):244-258. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
