North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Zirfaea J. E. Gray, 1842

AphiaID

138344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138344)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Mya crispata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Pholadinae Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Zirfaea J. E. Gray, 1842

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Species Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

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

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 76 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Zirfaea J. E. Gray, 1842. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138344 on 2026-07-15

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Zirfaea J. E. Gray, 1842. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138344 on 2026-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-07-10 09:41:30Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2013-01-14 21:56:30Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-03-09 19:27:02Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-03-15 06:00:18Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2024-03-15 17:44:37Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 76 [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 Scarlato, O. A. (1981). ????????????? ???????? ????????? ??? ??????-???????? ????? ?????? ??????. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. ???????????? ?? ????? ????. Guides to the fauna of the USSR. 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 410 [details] Available for editors

redescription 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]

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