''Spisula'' is a genus of medium-sized to large
marine bivalve
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s or clams in the subfamily
Mactrinae of the
family
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Mactridae
Mactridae, common name the trough shells or duck clams, is a family (biology), family of saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalve mollusks in the order (biology), order Venerida.
Description
These clams have two short siphons, each with a ...
, commonly known as surf clams or trough shells.
[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]
Species
Species in the genus ''Spisula'' include:
* ''
Spisula adamsi''
Olsson, 1961
* ''
Spisula austini''
Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990
* †''
Spisula bernayi
''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. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spisula Gray, 1837. Acc ...
''
(Cossmann, 1886)
* † ''
Spisula brombachensis''
S. Schneider & Mandic, 2014
* † ''
Spisula couttsi''
Marwick, 1948
* † ''
Spisula crassitesta''
(Finlay, 1927)
* ''
Spisula discors''
(Gray, 1837)
* ''
Spisula elliptica''
(T. Brown, 1827)
* ''
Spisula murchisoni''
(Reeve, 1854)
* ''
Spisula raveneli
''Spisula'' is a genus of medium-sized to large Marine (ocean), marine bivalve mollusks or clams in the subfamily Mactrinae of the family (biology), family Mactridae, commonly known as surf clams or trough shells. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). Mollu ...
''
(Conrad, 1832)
* ''
Spisula sachalinensis
''Spisula sachalinensis'' (Japanese: , or , ; Uilta: ), the Sakhalin surf clam, is a species of edible saltwater clam in the family Mactridae, the surf clams or trough clams. It is commonly referred to as surf clam or Arctic surf clam, though ...
''
(Schrenck, 1862)
* ''
Spisula solida
The surf clam (''Spisula solida'') is a medium-sized marine clam, or bivalve mollusc, found in the Eastern Atlantic from Iceland and northern Norway to Portugal and Spain. Up to long, like many clams, the surf clam is a sediment-burrowing fil ...
''
(Linnaeus
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, 1758
Events
January–March
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)
* ''
Spisula solidissima''
(Dillwyn, 1817) – Atlantic surfclam
* ''
Spisula subtruncata''
(da Costa, 1778)
* ''
Spisula trigonella
''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. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spisula Gray, 1837. Acc ...
''
(Lamarck, 1818)
* † ''
Spisula voyi''
(Gabb, 1866)
;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
''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. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spisula Gray, 1837. Acc ...
''
(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
The surf clam (''Spisula solida'') is a medium-sized marine clam, or bivalve mollusc, found in the Eastern Atlantic from Iceland and northern Norway to Portugal and Spain. Up to long, like many clams, the surf clam is a sediment-burrowing fil ...
''
(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''
ic 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
External links
Gray, J. E. (1837). A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author's cabinet. Magazine of Natural History, N.S. 1: 370-376 Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65 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
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Mactridae
Bivalve genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray