Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Cardiida > Superfamily Tellinoidea > Family Semelidae > Genus Abra

Abra profundorum (E. A. Smith, 1885)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Abra*	Lamarck, 1818	accepted genus name
*Semele (Abra)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Semele (Syndosmya)*	Récluz, 1843	synonym
*Syndesmya*	[sic]	synonym
*Syndosmya*	Récluz, 1843	synonym

Species group names

*Semele (Abra) profundorum*	E. A. Smith, 1885	synonym
*Semele profundorum*	E. A. Smith, 1885	synonym

Literature

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	Allen J. & Sanders H.L. (1966). Adaptations to abyssal life as shown by the bivalve Abra profundorum (Smith).. Deep Sea Research 13: 1175-1184.
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.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Abra profundorum (E. A. Smith, 1885). 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:141437

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Occurrence

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No data

Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status EN 2006 This species is endangered and is considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

This species is endangered and is considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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2020-04-27 by Bruce Marshall

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