Mactra ovalis J.Sowerby, 1817

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Sowerby, J. (1815). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=276474

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Bivalvia

order

Venerida

family

Mactridae

genus

Spisula

species

Spisula solida

Name

Homonyms

Mactra ovalis J.Sowerby, 1817

Mactra ovalis Gould, 1840

Bibliographic References

1. Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
2. Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233.