Spisula
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| One valve of Spisula adamsi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Mactroidea |
| Family: | Mactridae |
| Genus: | Spisula Gray, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Cardium solidum Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Spisula is a genus of medium-sized to large marine bivalve mollusks or clams in the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae, commonly known as surf clams or trough shells. [1]
Species
[edit]Species in the genus Spisula include:
- Spisula adamsi Olsson, 1961
- Spisula austini Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990
- †Spisula bernayi (Cossmann, 1886)
- † Spisula brombachensis S. Schneider & Mandic, 2014
- † Spisula couttsi Marwick, 1948
- † Spisula crassitesta (Finlay, 1927)
- Spisula discors (Gray, 1837)
- Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)
- Spisula murchisoni (Reeve, 1854)
- Spisula raveneli (Conrad, 1832)
- Spisula sachalinensis (Schrenck, 1862)
- Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817) – Atlantic surfclam
- Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
- Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
- † Spisula voyi (Gabb, 1866)
- Synonyms
- Spisula adelaidae Angas, 1865: synonym of Anapella cycladea (Lamarck, 1818)
- Spisula aequilateralis (Deshayes, 1854) – Triangle shell: synonym of Crassula aequilatera (Reeve, 1854)
- Spisula alaskana Dall, 1921: synonym of Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860)
- Spisula aspersa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825): synonym of Oxyperas aspersa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825): synonym of Oxyperas aspersum'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Spisula belliana W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of Oxyperas belliana (W. R. B. Oliver, 1915): synonym of Oxyperas bellianum (W. R. B. Oliver, 1915)
- Spisula bernardi Pilsbry, 1904: synonym of Oxyperas bernardi (Pilsbry, 1904)
- Spisula camaronis Dall, 1921: synonym of Mactromeris hemphillii (Dall, 1894)
- Spisula catilliformis Conrad, 1867: synonym of Mactromeris catilliformis (Conrad, 1867)
- Spisula cretacea Angas, 1868: synonym of Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
- Spisula dolabriformis Conrad, 1867: synonym of Simomactra dolabriformis (Conrad, 1867) (original combination)
- Spisula fragilis Gray, 1837: synonym of Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791)
- Spisula hemphillii (Dall, 1894): synonym of Mactromeris hemphillii (Dall, 1894)
- Spisula isabelleana (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of Mactra isabelleana d'Orbigny, 1846
- Spisula lamarckii Gray, 1837: synonym of Eastonia rugosa (Helbling, 1779)
- Spisula lentiginosa Gould, 1852: synonym of Oxyperas lentiginosa (Gould, 1852): synonym of Oxyperas lentiginosum (Gould, 1852)
- Spisula longa Dall, 1921: synonym of Tresus nuttallii (Conrad, 1837)
- Spisula marplatensis (Doello-Jurado, 1949): synonym of Mactra marplatensis Doello-Jurado, 1949
- Spisula ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817) : synonym of Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Spisula ovata Gray, 1843: synonym of Cyclomactra ovata (Gray, 1843)
- Spisula petitii (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of Mactra petitii d'Orbigny, 1846
- Spisula polynyma (Stimpson, 1860): synonym of Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860)
- Spisula producta Angas, 1868: synonym of Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
- Spisula richmondi (Dall, 1894): synonym of Mactra petitii d'Orbigny, 1846
- Spisula sayii Gray, 1837: synonym of Spisula raveneli (Conrad, 1832)
- Spisula solanderi J.E. Gray, 1837: synonym of Eastonia solanderi (J. E. Gray, 1837)
- Spisula strongi T. A. Burch, 1945: synonym of Simomactra planulata (Conrad, 1837)
- Spisula triangula (Brocchi, 1814): synonym of Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
- Spisula vladivostokensis Bartsch, 1929: synonym of Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860)
- Spisula voji [sic]: synonym of † Spisula voyi (Gabb, 1866)
- Spisula williamsi (Berry, 1960): synonym of Spisula adamsi Olsson, 1961
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spisula Gray, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138159 on 2022-06-20
- "Spisula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Marwick J. (1948). Lower Pliocene Mollusca from Otahuhu, Auckland. New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin. 16: 38 pp., 8 pl.
- 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
External links
[edit]- 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. Magazine of Natural History, N.S. 1: 370-376
- Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65
- 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