MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Spisula (Spisula) ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817)

WoRMS name details

Spisula (Spisula) ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817)

AphiaID

151594 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151594)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted Name

Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Spisula (Spisula) J. E. Gray, 1837 represented as Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837

Original name

Mactra ovalis J. Sowerby, 1817 †

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Mactra ovalis J. Sowerby, 1817 †) Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 136, pl. 160, fig. 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Spisula (Spisula) ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151594 on 2024-11-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-06 17:26:17Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2012-07-15 20:42:05Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2012-08-04 19:02:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description (of Mactra ovalis J. Sowerby, 1817 †) Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 136, pl. 160, fig. 5 [details]

basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To PESI