Spisula

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Genus of bivalves

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::summary Genus of bivalves ::

|taxon = Spisula |image = Spisula williamsi (MNHN-IM-2000-34899) 001.jpeg |image_caption = One valve of Spisula adamsi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) |authority = Gray, 1837 |type_species= Cardium solidum Linnaeus, 1758 |synonyms=

  • Hemimactra Swainson, 1840
  • Notospisula Iredale, 1930
  • Spisula (Hemimactra) Swainson, 1840 alternate representation
  • Spisula (Notospisula) Iredale, 1930
  • † Spisula (Ruellia) Cossmann, 1913 · alternate representation
  • Spisula (Spisula) Gray, 1837 · alternate representation
  • Spisula (Spisulona) Marwick, 1948 · alternate representation
  • Spisulina P. Fischer, 1887
  • † Spisulona Marwick, 1948 |display_parents = 3 |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text.

Spisula is a genus of medium-sized to large marine bivalve mollusks or clams in the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae, commonly known as surf clams or trough shells.

Species

Species in the genus Spisula include:

;Synonyms:

  • Spisula adelaidae Angas, 1865: synonym of Anapella cycladea (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Spisula aequilateralis (Deshayes, 1854) – Triangle shell: synonym of Crassula aequilatera (Reeve, 1854)
  • Spisula alaskana Dall, 1921: synonym of Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860)
  • Spisula aspersa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825): synonym of Oxyperas aspersa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825): synonym of Oxyperas aspersum'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Spisula belliana W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of Oxyperas belliana (W. R. B. Oliver, 1915): synonym of Oxyperas bellianum (W. R. B. Oliver, 1915)
  • Spisula bernardi Pilsbry, 1904: synonym of Oxyperas bernardi (Pilsbry, 1904)
  • Spisula camaronis Dall, 1921: synonym of Mactromeris hemphillii (Dall, 1894)
  • Spisula catilliformis Conrad, 1867: synonym of Mactromeris catilliformis (Conrad, 1867)
  • Spisula cretacea Angas, 1868: synonym of Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Spisula dolabriformis Conrad, 1867: synonym of Simomactra dolabriformis (Conrad, 1867) (original combination)
  • Spisula fragilis Gray, 1837: synonym of Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Spisula hemphillii (Dall, 1894): synonym of Mactromeris hemphillii (Dall, 1894)
  • Spisula isabelleana (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of Mactra isabelleana d'Orbigny, 1846
  • Spisula lamarckii Gray, 1837: synonym of Eastonia rugosa (Helbling, 1779)
  • Spisula lentiginosa Gould, 1852: synonym of Oxyperas lentiginosa (Gould, 1852): synonym of Oxyperas lentiginosum (Gould, 1852)
  • Spisula longa Dall, 1921: synonym of Tresus nuttallii (Conrad, 1837)
  • Spisula marplatensis (Doello-Jurado, 1949): synonym of Mactra marplatensis Doello-Jurado, 1949
  • Spisula ovalis (J. Sowerby, 1817) : synonym of Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Spisula ovata Gray, 1843: synonym of Cyclomactra ovata (Gray, 1843)
  • Spisula petitii (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of Mactra petitii d'Orbigny, 1846
  • Spisula polynyma (Stimpson, 1860): synonym of Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860)
  • Spisula producta Angas, 1868: synonym of Spisula trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Spisula richmondi (Dall, 1894): synonym of Mactra petitii d'Orbigny, 1846
  • Spisula sayii Gray, 1837: synonym of Spisula raveneli (Conrad, 1832)
  • Spisula solanderi J.E. Gray, 1837: synonym of Eastonia solanderi (J. E. Gray, 1837)
  • Spisula strongi T. A. Burch, 1945: synonym of Simomactra planulata (Conrad, 1837)
  • Spisula triangula (Brocchi, 1814): synonym of Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
  • Spisula vladivostokensis Bartsch, 1929: synonym of Mactromeris polynyma (Stimpson, 1860)
  • Spisula voji [sic]: synonym of † Spisula voyi (Gabb, 1866)
  • Spisula williamsi (Berry, 1960): synonym of Spisula adamsi Olsson, 1961

File:Spisula subtruncata.jpg|Spisula subtruncata

References

  • Marwick J. (1948). Lower Pliocene Mollusca from Otahuhu, Auckland. New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin. 16: 38 pp., 8 pl.
  • Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spisula Gray, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138159 on 2022-06-20

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