Spisula
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Marshall, Bruce
creator: Auffenberg, Kurt
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138159 on 2026-08-01
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2022-11-09T01:56:58Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
class: Bivalvia
family: Mactridae
genus: Spisula
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Gray, J. E. (1837). A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author's cabinet. Magazine of Natural History, N.S. 1: 370-376.
name published in: Marwick J. (1948). Lower Pliocene Mollusca from Otahuhu, Auckland. New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin. 16: 38 pp., 8 pl.
name published in: Fischer, P. (1880-1887). Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887].
name published in: Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930].
name published in: Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp.
name published in year: 1837
name published in year: 1948
name published in year: 1880-1887
name published in year: 1930
name published in year: 1840
order: Venerida
parent name usage ID: 152831
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: J. E. Gray, 1837
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted