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Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860)

156863  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156863)

accepted
Species
Spisula polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Stimpson, W. (1860). Checklist of the Shells of North America. East Coast: Arctic Seas to Georgia. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9065630
page(s): p. 3, n. 189. [details]   
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs,...  
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), lower St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), upper North Shore (between Sept- Iles and Pointe des Monts), middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands), lower north Shore; southwestern slope of NL. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156863 on 2024-04-18
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156863 on 2024-04-18
Date
action
by
2005-05-20 07:57:29Z
created
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
checked
2022-09-13 15:49:38Z
changed
2024-03-18 08:58:00Z
changed

original description  (of ) Stimpson, W. (1860). Checklist of the Shells of North America. East Coast: Arctic Seas to Georgia. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9065630
page(s): p. 3, n. 189. [details]   

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source 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]   

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), Magdalen Islands (from eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), lower St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), upper North Shore (between Sept- Iles and Pointe des Monts), middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands), lower north Shore; southwestern slope of NL. [details]

Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
LanguageName 
English Pink-necked clamArctic surfclamArctic surf clam  [details]
Japanese ナガウバガイ  [details]
Russian Мактромерис изменчивый  [details]
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