Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Anomalodesmata > Superfamily Clavagelloidea > Family Clavagellidae > Genus Bryopa

Bryopa aperta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bryopa*	Gray, 1847	accepted genus name
*Tiria*	De Gregorio, 1886	synonym

Species group names

*Clavagella aperta*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1823	synonym
*Clavagella balanorum*	R. A. Philippi, 1840	synonym
*Clavagella sicula*	Delle Chiaje, 1830	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Morton, B. (2007). The evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 24 (1): 19-64.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bryopa aperta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823). 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:573725