MSBIAS taxon details
Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
138159 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138159)
accepted
Genus
Spisula (Hemimactra) Swainson, 1840 · alternative representation
Spisula (Spisula) J. E. Gray, 1837 · alternative representation
- Species Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)
- Species Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Species Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
- Subgenus Spisula (Hemimactra) Swainson, 1840 represented as Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
- Subgenus Spisula (Spisula) J. E. Gray, 1837 represented as Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
- Species Spisula (Spisula) ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817) represented as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1837). A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author's cabinet. <em>Magazine of Natural History, N.S.</em> 1: 370-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2334415
page(s): 372-374, 370 [details]
page(s): 372-374, 370 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138159 on 2026-08-02
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138159 on 2026-08-02
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Gray, J. E. (1837). A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author's cabinet. <em>Magazine of Natural History, N.S.</em> 1: 370-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2334415
page(s): 372-374, 370 [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 113 [details]
page(s): 372-374, 370 [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 113 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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