MSBIAS taxon details
Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)
140300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140300)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): Plate XV. Fig 6. [details]
page(s): Plate XV. Fig 6. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827). 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=140300 on 2026-08-04
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 elliptica (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140300 on 2026-08-04
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(of ) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): Plate XV. Fig 6. [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Chirli, C.; Forli, M. (2025). I molluschi del Pleistocene inferiore (Calabriano) del botro Crocetta, Rosignano Marittimo (Livorno). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 61(2): 131-151., available online at https://doi.org/10.53559/bollmalacol.2025.07
page(s): 144, figs 5E-F [details]
page(s): Plate XV. Fig 6. [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Chirli, C.; Forli, M. (2025). I molluschi del Pleistocene inferiore (Calabriano) del botro Crocetta, Rosignano Marittimo (Livorno). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 61(2): 131-151., available online at https://doi.org/10.53559/bollmalacol.2025.07
page(s): 144, figs 5E-F [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | elliptic trough shell | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
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Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
To Conchology (Spisula elliptica)
To Conchology (Spisula elliptica)
To Conchology (Spisula elliptica)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spisula elliptica)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Belgium, Limburg, Beeringen)
To Malacopics (Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Netherlands, Zeeland, Walcheren, Domburg)
To Malacopics (Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Den Haag, Scheveninge...
To Malacopics (Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827) North Sea, Dogger Bank, at 54 m depth, collected...
To Malacopics (Spisula elliptica (T. Brown,1827) Norway, Finnmark, Vardø)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To ITIS
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