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Genus of bivalves
Spisula
One valve of Spisula adamsi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Venerida
Superfamily:
Mactroidea
Family:
Mactridae
Genus:
Spisula Gray, 1837
Type species
Cardium solidum Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text.
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
Stimpson's surf clam (Mactromeris polynyma ) as
sashimi
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.
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Species
Species in the genus Spisula include:
Spisula adamsi Olsson, 1961
Spisula austini Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990
†
Spisula bernayi (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 (Conrad, 1832)
Spisula sachalinensis (Schrenck, 1862)
Spisula solida (
Linnaeus ,
1758 )
Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817) – Atlantic surfclam
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)
Spisula trigonella (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 (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
References
"Spisula " .
Integrated Taxonomic Information System .
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
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