Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Protobranchia > Order Nuculanida > Superfamily Nuculanoidea > Family Bathyspinulidae > Genus Bathyspinula

Bathyspinula excisa (R. A. Philippi, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bathyspinula*	J. A. Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1982	accepted genus name
*Spinula*	Dall, 1908	junior homonym
*Leda (Spinula)*	Dall, 1908	synonym
*Spinula (Bathyspinula)*	J. A. Allen & H. L. Sanders, 1982	synonym

Species group names

*Leda excisa*	(R. A. Philippi, 1844)	synonym
*Nucula excisa*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	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	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	La Perna, R. (2008). Revision of the protobranch species described by Dautzenberg and Fischer (1897) with description of a new species and taxonomic comments on Bathyspinula (Bivalvia, Nuculanoidea). The Veliger. 50(2), 149-162.
additional source	Di Geronimo, I.; La Perna, R. (1996). Bathyspinula excisa (Philippi, 1844)(Bivalvia, Protobranchia): a witness of the Plio-Quaternary history of the deep Mediterranean benthos. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 102 (1): 105-118.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bathyspinula excisa (R. A. Philippi, 1844). 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:141547