Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Ostreoida > Superfamily Ostreoidea > Family Gryphaeidae > Subfamily Pycnodonteinae > Genus Neopycnodonte

Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Neopycnodonte*	Stenzel, 1971	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ostrea cochlear*	Poli, 1795	synonym
*Ostrea cochlearis*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Ostrea hiranoi*	Baker & Spicer, 1930	synonym
*Pycnodonta floribunda*	Monterosato, 1915	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: lepeloester sources: Soortenlijst Nederland - Marien

Greek: Κουτάλι

Literature

original description	Poli J. X. (1795). Testacea Utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome. vol. 2, pp. 75-264, i-lxxvi, pl. 19-39. Parma, Regio Typographeio.
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	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
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.
additional source	Raines B. & Huber M. (2012) Biodiversity quadrupled - Revision of Easter Island and Sala y Gomez bivalves. Zootaxa 3217: 1-106. [29 Feb. 2012]

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
GenBank (7 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795). 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:140048