Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827) 
AphiaID: 140300

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Heterodonta > Euheterodonta > Veneroida > Mactroidea > Mactridae > Spisula

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Spisula Gray, 1837
Source		additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch elliptische strandschelp  [details] Dutch ovale strandschelp  [details] English elliptic trough shell  [details] German elliptische Trogmuschel  [details] German kleine Trogmuschel  [details]
Environment		marine
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Links		Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) To CLEMAM To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Image		Spisula elliptica added on 2013-01-21 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140300
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Gofas, Serge
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		Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827). Accessed through: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140300 on 2013-05-25