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Petrasma borealis
(Totten, 1834)
AphiaID
1465606
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1465606)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Protobranchia
Solemyida
Solemyoidea
Solemyidae
Solemyinae
Petrasma
Petrasma borealis
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Petrasma
Dall, 1908
Orig. name
Solemya borealis
Totten, 1834
Synonymised names
Solemya borealis
Totten, 1834
·
unaccepted
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
(of
Solemya borealis
Totten, 1834
)
Totten J.G. (1834). Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 26: 366-369, 1 pl.
,
available online at
http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30989159
page(s): 366-367, Plate, fig. 1
[details]
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase.
Petrasma borealis
(Totten, 1834). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=1465606 on 2024-04-26
Regional species database citation
NARMS (2024).
Petrasma borealis
(Totten, 1834). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=1465606 on 2024-04-26
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2020-11-10 07:17:42Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
[taxonomic tree]
Sources (1)
Documented distribution (4)
Vernaculars (1)
Links (2)
Images (1)
original description
(of
Solemya borealis
Totten, 1834
)
Totten J.G. (1834). Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 26: 366-369, 1 pl.
,
available online at
http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30989159
page(s): 366-367, Plate, fig. 1
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Language
Name
English
boreal awningclam
[from synonym]
[details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications)
(from synonym
Solemya borealis
Totten, 1834
)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
(from synonym
Solemya borealis
Totten, 1834
)
From other sources
Petrasma borealis from Nova Scotia