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Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776) 
AphiaID: 141435

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Semelidae (Family) > Abra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Abra Lamarck, 1818
Synonymised
taxa
  Abra intermedia Thompson (synonym)
Amphidesma intermedia Thompson, 1845
Mya nitida Müller, 1776
Scrobicularia tenuis Philippi, 1844
Syndosmya philippinana Récluz in Chenu, 1845
Sources  basis of record: Huber M. (2010) 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details]

basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish glanspebermusling  [details]
Dutch glanzende dunschaal  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
British Isles [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
East Coast of England [details]
English Channel [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
South Norway [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Africa [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtypes  deposit feeder: surface [details]
interface grazer [details]
suspension feeder: facultative [details]
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Abra nitida
Abra nitida
added on 2013-01-21 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Abra nitida (Müller O.F., 1776) Juvenile specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 29.06.2009), actual size 2.8 mm; arrow points to the huge labial palps.
Abra nitida (Müller O.F., 1776)
Juvenile specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 29.06.2009), actual size 2.8 mm; arrow points to the huge labial palps.
added on 2013-02-05 - author: Antit, Mouna
qualitystatus: checked by Gofas, Serge on 2013-02-05 13:38:33
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141435
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2010-09-23 10:34:21Z  changed  Huber, Markus
  
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  Citation: Huber, M.; Gofas, S. (2013). Abra nitida (O.F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141435 on 2013-06-20
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