Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Myida > Superfamily Myoidea > Family Myidae > Subfamily Cryptomyinae > Genus Sphenia

Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphenia*	W. Turton, 1822	accepted genus name
*Sphaenia*	[sic]	orthographic variant

Species group names

*Mya binghami*	(W. Turton, 1822)	synonym
*Mya binghami var. elongata*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: kleine gaper

Literature

original description	Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls.
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.
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.
additional source	Yonge, C. M. (1951). Observations on Sphenia binghami Turton. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 30: 387-392.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140432