OCEAN-UKRAINE - Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802)

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Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802)

Abra alba (Wood W., 1802)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 22.02.2010), actual size 10.3 mm.

AphiaID

141433 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141433)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Abra Lamarck, 1818

Original name

Mactra alba W. Wood, 1802

Synonymised names

Abra renieri (Bronn, 1831) · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Wood W. 1802. Observations on the hinges of British Bivalve shells. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 6: 154-176, pl. 14-18. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/758287
page(s): p. 165, pl. 16 fig. 9-12 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802). Accessed through: Sergeyeva, O. (2026) Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/ocean-ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141433 on 2026-06-12

Regional species database citation

Sergeyeva, O. (2026). Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema. Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141433 on 2026-06-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

2024-12-11 08:09:52Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of ) Wood W. 1802. Observations on the hinges of British Bivalve shells. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 6: 154-176, pl. 14-18. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/758287
page(s): p. 165, pl. 16 fig. 9-12 [details] Available for editors

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

context source (BeRMS 2020) Marine Biology Section, Ugent. Belgium. INRAM. Benthic fauna monitoring- SSD - Belgian Science Policy., available online at http://www.vliz.be/projects/inram/imers.php. [details]

basis of record 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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Dewarumez, J. M., Quisthoudt, C. and Richard, A. 1986. Suivi pluriannuel du peuplement a Abra alba dans la partie meridionale de la Mer du Nord (region du Dunkerque-France). Hydrobiologia 142: 1870-1197., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00026758 [details]

additional source Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Webb C.M. (1986). Post-larval development of the tellinacean bivalves Abra alba, Tellina fabula and Donax vittatus (Mollusca, Bivalvia), with reference to the late larva. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 66: 749-762., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400042338 [details] Available for editors

redescription Wood W. 1802. Observations on the hinges of British Bivalve shells. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 6: 154-176, pl. 14-18. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/758287
page(s): 165 [details] Available for editors

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 679 [details]