World Register of Deep-Sea species - Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835)

To Conchology (Tawera spissa)

AphiaID

507911 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507911)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Tawera Marwick, 1927

Original name

Venus spissa Deshayes, 1835

Synonymised names

Venus mesodesma Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1835). Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck. Deuxième édition, Tome sixième. Histoire des Mollusques. J. B. Baillière: Paris. i-iv + 1-600. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64099 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507911 on 2026-06-06

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507911 on 2026-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-18 08:38:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 11:43:10Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2011-03-14 19:17:39Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-03-19 11:16:20Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-01-16 10:00:55Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2022-11-17 20:34:07Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of Venus mesodesma Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 532 [details]

original description (of ) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1835). Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck. Deuxième édition, Tome sixième. Histoire des Mollusques. J. B. Baillière: Paris. i-iv + 1-600. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64099 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226 [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]