North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)

To GB Mollusca Types (Ligula prismatica Montagu, 1808; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll3731-5)

AphiaID

141436 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141436)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Abra Lamarck, 1818

Original name

Ligula prismatica Montagu, 1808

Synonymised names

Abra fragilis Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)

Abra milashevichi Nevesskaja, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Erycina aradae Biondi-Giunti, 1859 · unaccepted

Ligula prismatica Montagu, 1808 · unaccepted (original combination)

Psammotaea striata O. G. Costa, 1830 · unaccepted

Syndesmya fragilis Milaschewitsch, 1916 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Ligula prismatica Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141436 on 2026-08-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=141436 on 2026-08-08

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Ligula prismatica Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744 [details]

original description (of Abra fragilis Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

original description (of Abra milashevichi Nevesskaja, 1963) Nevesskaja, L.A. (1963). Opredelitel' dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov morskikh chetvertichnykh otlozheniy Chernomorskogo basseyna [Key to bivalve molluscs of marine Quaternary sediments of the Black Sea basin]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta. 96: 1-211.
page(s): 108, pl. XX, fig. 5-8 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Erycina aradae Biondi-Giunti, 1859) Biondi Giunti, S. (1859-1860). Descrizione di alcune specie malacologiche nuove che vivono nel nostro littorale. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali di Catania, serie seconda. 14: 113-124, 1 pl. [1859], 15: 303-322 [1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7999005
page(s): 115-116; pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Psammotaea striata O. G. Costa, 1830) Costa, O. G. (1830 ["1829"]). Catalogo sistematico e ragionato de' testacei delle Due Sicilie. Tipografia della Minerva, Napoli, pp. 1-8, i-cxxxii, pl. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13047696
page(s): xxi [details]

original description (of Syndesmya fragilis Milaschewitsch, 1916) Milaschewitch, K.O. (1916). Molluscs of Russian seas. Vol. I. Molluscs of the Black and Azov seas. Faune de la Russie et des pays limitrophes, 312 p. [????????? ?.?. 1916. ???????? ??????? ?????. ???. I. ???????? ??????? ? ????????? ?????. ????? ?????? ? ???????????? ?????, 312 ?.]. [In Russian]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12116351 [details]

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of aggregate extraction activities in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [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 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]