Canadian Register of Marine Species - Abra americana A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898

CaRMS taxon details

Abra americana A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898

AphiaID

1766017 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1766017)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Abra Lamarck, 1818

Original name

Abra longicallis var. americana A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898

Synonymised names

Abra longicallus americana A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1898). Revision of the deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Bivalvia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 20: 775-901, pl. 71-97., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 778, pl. 83 fig. 6-7 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Abra americana A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1766017 on 2026-09-04

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Abra americana A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1766017 on 2026-09-04

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2024-08-17 03:56:36Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1898). Revision of the deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Bivalvia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 20: 775-901, pl. 71-97., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 778, pl. 83 fig. 6-7 [details]

status source Simone, L. R. L. (2024). New species, misidentifications and problematic taxonomy of some Atlantic South American marine mollusks: a review. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia. 64: e202464031: 1-104., available online at https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2024.64.031
page(s): 88, fig. 59B-E [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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