Traits taxon details
Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
138159 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138159)
accepted
Genus
Spisula (Hemimactra) Swainson, 1840 · alternative representation
Spisula (Ruellia) Cossmann, 1913 † · alternative representation
Spisula (Spisula) J. E. Gray, 1837 · alternative representation
Spisula (Spisulona) Marwick, 1948 · alternative representation
Spisulona Marwick, 1948 † · unaccepted
- Species Spisula adamsi Olsson, 1961
- Species Spisula austini Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990
- Species Spisula bernayi (Cossmann, 1886) †
- Species Spisula brombachensis S. Schneider & Mandic, 2014 †
- Species Spisula couttsi Marwick, 1948 †
- Species Spisula crassitesta (H. J. Finlay, 1927) †
- Species Spisula discors (J. E. Gray, 1837)
- Species Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)
- Species Spisula fuegiensis (E. A. Smith, 1905)
- Species Spisula guidoi (Signorelli & F. Scarabino, 2010)
- Species Spisula isabelleana (A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Species Spisula marplatensis (Doello-Jurado, 1949)
- Species Spisula murchisoni (Reeve, 1854)
- Species Spisula petitii (A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Species Spisula raveneli (Conrad, 1832)
- Species Spisula sachalinensis (Schrenck, 1861)
- Species Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Species Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Spisula aequilatera (Reeve, 1854) accepted as Crassula aequilatera (Reeve, 1854) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Spisula alaskana Dall, 1924 accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860)
- Species Spisula polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860) accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Spisula sibyllae (Valenciennes, 1858) accepted as Spisula sachalinensis (Schrenck, 1861)
- Subgenus Spisula (Hemimactra) Swainson, 1840 represented as Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) alaskana Dall, 1924 accepted as Spisula alaskana Dall, 1924 accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817) represented as Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Species Spisula (Hemimactra) delumbis (Conrad, 1832) † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Subgenus Spisula (Ruellia) Cossmann, 1913 † represented as Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
- Subgenus Spisula (Spisula) J. E. Gray, 1837 represented as Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
- Species Spisula (Spisula) ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817) represented as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subgenus Spisula (Spisulona) Marwick, 1948 represented as Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
- Species Spisula (Spisulona) couttsi Marwick, 1948 † represented as Spisula couttsi Marwick, 1948 †
- Species Spisula (Spisulona) crassitesta (H. J. Finlay, 1927) † represented as Spisula crassitesta (H. J. Finlay, 1927) †
- Species Spisula (Spisulona) discors (J. E. Gray, 1837) represented as Spisula discors (J. E. Gray, 1837)
- Species Spisula (Spisulona) murchisoni (Reeve, 1854) represented as Spisula murchisoni (Reeve, 1854)
- Species Spisula packardi Dickerson, 1917 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Spisula weaveri Dickerson, 1914 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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. <em>Magazine of Natural History, N.S.</em> 1: 370-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2334415
page(s): 372-374, 370 [details]
page(s): 372-374, 370 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138159 on 2025-05-05
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138159 on 2025-05-05
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original description
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. <em>Magazine of Natural History, N.S.</em> 1: 370-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2334415
page(s): 372-374, 370 [details]
original description (of Spisula (Spisulona) Marwick, 1948) Marwick J. (1948). Lower Pliocene Mollusca from Otahuhu, Auckland. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin.</em> 16: 38 pp., 8 pl. [details]
original description (of Spisulona Marwick, 1948 †) Marwick J. (1948). Lower Pliocene Mollusca from Otahuhu, Auckland. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin.</em> 16: 38 pp., 8 pl.
page(s): 22 [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 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]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 113 [details]
page(s): 372-374, 370 [details]
original description (of Spisula (Spisulona) Marwick, 1948) Marwick J. (1948). Lower Pliocene Mollusca from Otahuhu, Auckland. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin.</em> 16: 38 pp., 8 pl. [details]
original description (of Spisulona Marwick, 1948 †) Marwick J. (1948). Lower Pliocene Mollusca from Otahuhu, Auckland. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin.</em> 16: 38 pp., 8 pl.
page(s): 22 [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 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]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 113 [details]
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