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Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822

To GB Mollusca Types (Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803; Lectotype; EXEMS Moll4292)
To GB Mollusca Types (Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803; Lectotype; EXEMS Moll4292)

140432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140432)

accepted
Species
marine
Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 36; pl. 3 fig. 4-5; pl. 19 fig. 3 [details] 
Note Torbay, Devon, SW England  
Type locality Torbay, Devon, SW England [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140432 on 2026-08-16
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140432 on 2026-08-16
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge

original description Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 36; pl. 3 fig. 4-5; pl. 19 fig. 3 [details] 

original description (of Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Mya binghami var. elongata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 71 [details] 

basis of record 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 Yonge, C. M. (1951). Observations on <i>Sphenia binghami</i> Turton. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 30: 387-392., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469/1/Observations_on_Sphenia_binghami_Turton.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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Type locality Torbay, Devon, SW England [details]
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Dutch kleine gaper  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) 
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To GB Mollusca Types (Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803; Lectotype; EXEMS Moll4292) (from synonym Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803)
To Malacopics (Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822 Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Hitra Island, by dredging, ... 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Mytilus praecisus Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Mya binghami (W. Turton, 1822))
To PESI (from synonym Mya binghami var. elongata Jeffreys, 1865)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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