Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Mactroidea > Family Mactridae > Subfamily Lutrariinae > Genus Lutraria

Lutraria angustior R. A. Philippi, 1844

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lutraria*	Lamarck, 1799	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lutraria elliptica var. alterutra*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Lutraria elliptica var. angustior*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: otterschelp; smalle otterschelp sources: Vanwalleghem, R. (1983). Mollusks in the bycatch of Ostend fishermen [Mollusken in de bijvangsten van Oostendse vissers]. De Strandvlo 3(4): 89-91;Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

English: narrow otter shell sources: Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

French: lutraire; lutraire étroite sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

Greek: Ριγωτή πετσίνα

Literature

basis of record	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.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lutraria angustior R. A. Philippi, 1844. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140294