North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837

AphiaID

138159 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138159)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cardium solidum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Mactrinae Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837

Synonymised names

Spisula (Hemimactra) Swainson, 1840 · alternative representation

Spisula (Spisula) J. E. Gray, 1837 · alternative representation

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Species Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)
Species Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)
Species Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
Species Spisula ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817) accepted as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Spisula triangula (Brocchi, 1814) accepted as Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
Subgenus Spisula (Hemimactra) Swainson, 1840 represented as Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
Subgenus Spisula (Spisula) J. E. Gray, 1837 represented as Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837
1. Species Spisula (Spisula) ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817) represented as Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

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

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1837). A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author's cabinet. Magazine of Natural History, N.S. 1: 370-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2334415
page(s): 372-374, 370 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138159 on 2026-09-01

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138159 on 2026-09-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2012-04-18 19:31:56Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-11-14 17:26:04Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2022-02-08 00:04:53Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2022-11-09 00:56:58Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gray, J. E. (1837). A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author's cabinet. Magazine of Natural History, N.S. 1: 370-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2334415
page(s): 372-374, 370 [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 Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). ?????????? ? ???????????? ??????????? ?? ????????? ?????????: ??????????????????? [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 113 [details]