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Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)

156996 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156996)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Bivalvia
  5. Autobranchia
  6. Heteroconchia
  7. Euheterodonta
  8. Imparidentia
  9. Venerida
  10. Mactroidea
  11. Mactridae
  12. Mactrinae
  13. Spisula
  14. Spisula solidissima
accepted
Species
Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 140 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=156996 on 2026-08-28
NARMS (2026). Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=156996 on 2026-08-28
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2005-05-20 11:54:45Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-04-01 09:34:05Z
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Rosenberg, Gary
2010-09-23 10:34:21Z
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Huber, Markus
2024-05-29 02:43:37Z
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Auffenberg, Kurt

original description (of ) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 140 [details] 

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Cable, W. D. (1973). The valvular membrane in young mactrid clams, <i>Spisula solidissima</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 87(4): 110-111, figs. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8511897 [details] 

additional source Dean, H. K. (1980). Microsculpture of the crystalline style of <i>Spisula solidissima</i> (Bivalvia: Mactridae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 94(2): 54-58, figs. 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274554 [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 Jacobson, M. K,. (1972). Observations on the siphonal behavior of young surf clams, <i>Spisula solidissma</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 86(1): 25-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8511509 [details] 

additional source Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799. [details] 

additional source Prior, D. J. (1974). Role of the incurrent siphonal valve in the surf clam, <i>Spisula solidissima</i> (Mactridae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 88(4): 115-117, figs. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8097464 [details] 

additional source Ropes, J. W. & Merrill, A. S. (1973). To what extent do surf clams move?. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 87(1): 19-21, figs. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8511788 [details] 

additional source Ropes, J. W. (1972). Chromosome number of the surf clam, <i>Spisula solidissima</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 85(3): 93-95, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8516197 [details] 

additional source Ropes, J. W. (1982). Hermaphroditism, sexuality and sex ratio in the surf clam, <i>Spisula solidissima</i>, and the soft-shell clam, <i>Mya arenaria</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 96(1): 141-146, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497706 [details] 

additional source Zhang, J.-L. Zhang, S.-P. & Wang, S.-S. (2025). Illustrations of the superfamily Mactroidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of China seas. <em>Ocean Press, Beijing.</em> 1-265.
page(s): 120 [details] 
 
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English Atlantic surfclam  [details]
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (138 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spisula solidissima) 
To FAO Species fact sheets 
To GenBank (269 nucleotides; 38 proteins) 
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) 
To Malacopics (Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817) Netherlands, Friesland, Terschelling, between b... 
To Malacopics (Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817) United States, Florida, W of Miami, low tide in... 
To Malacopics (Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817) United States, South Carolina, by fishing, coll... 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 033440) 
To ITIS
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