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Spisula Gray, 1837 
AphiaID: 138159

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Heterodonta > Euheterodonta > Veneroida > Mactroidea > Mactridae
Status accepted
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Rank Genus
Parent Mactridae Lamarck, 1809
Synonymised
taxa
  Spisula (Spisula) Gray, 1837
Source  from synonym: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

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 Species Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827)
Species Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)

Subgenus Spisula (Spisula) Gray, 1837 represented as Spisula Gray, 1837 (alternate representation)
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
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Spisula sp.
Spisula sp.
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Spisula sp.
Spisula sp.
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Spisula sp.
Spisula sp.
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Spisula sp.
Spisula sp.
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138159
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2012-04-18 19:31:56Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Spisula Gray, 1837. Accessed through: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138159 on 2013-05-20