Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Myida > Superfamily Pholadoidea > Family Pholadidae > Subfamily Martesiinae > Genus Martesia

Martesia fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Martesia*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1824	accepted genus name
*Martesia (Martesia)*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1824	synonym
*Martesia (Martesiella)*	A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898	synonym

Species group names

*Martesia (Martesiella) fragilis*	A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: fragile piddock

Literature

basis of record	Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974].
additional source	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
additional source	Velásquez M., Valentich-Scott P. & Capelo J.C. (2017). Marine boring bivalve mollusks from Isla Margarita, Venezuela. The Festivus. 49(3): 247-269.
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.
identification resource	Holmes A., Fenwick D., Gainey P. & Williams T. (2015). Martesia fragilis Verrill & Bush, 1898 in the North-East Atlantic. Overlooked and a Recent new discovery. Journal of Conchology. 42(2): 183-187.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Martesia fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898. 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:156865