Hong Kong Register of Marine Species

HKRMS taxon details

Abra Lamarck, 1818

AphiaID

138474 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138474)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Semelidae Stoliczka, 1870 (1825)

Original name

Abra Lamarck, 1818

Synonymised names

Abrina T. Habe, 1952 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (2)

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Species Abra philippinensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra scotti M. Huber, 2010

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 492 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Abra Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138474 on 2026-09-19

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Abra Lamarck, 1818. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138474 on 2026-09-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2012-09-22 18:52:20Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-01-10 18:05:52Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-01-11 08:57:20Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 492 [details]

original description (of Abrina T. Habe, 1952) Habe, T. (1951-1953). Genera of Japanese shells. Pelecypoda and Scaphopoda. Kyoto, Part 1, 1-96 [Feb. 1951]; Part 2, 97-186 [Sept. 1951]; Part 3, 187-278, [279-280] [May 1952]; Part 4, 281-326 [Jan. 1953].
page(s): 210 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [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]

redescription 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]

Present

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Introduced: alien

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Unreviewed

flat flat furrow-shell

Image from typetaxon

Abra tenuis

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