Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Myoida > Superfamily Myoidea > Family Myidae > Genus Sphenia

Sphenia binghami Turton, 1822

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

SpheniaTurton, 1822accepted genus name
Sphaenia orthographic variant
Sphaenia synonym

Species group names

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

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: kleine gaper

Literature

original description

Turton W. (1822). Conchylia dithyra Insularum britannicarum. The bivalve shells of the British Islands. M.A. Natali, London, & Combe and son, Leicester. xlvii + 279 p., 20 pl.

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

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

Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Sphenia binghami Turton, 1822. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140432

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine

Importance

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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