Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Mactroidea > Family Mactridae

Spisula Gray, 1837

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spisula (Hemimactra)*	Swainson, 1840	synonym; alternate representation
*Spisula (Spisula)*	Gray, 1837	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Spisula elliptica (Brown, 1827)
Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): trauskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: trauskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: trauskjell

Norwegian Nynorsk: trauskjel

Nynorsk (Norwegian): trauskjel

Literature

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	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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

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External Links

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Spisula. 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:138159