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

Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lutraria*	Lamarck, 1799	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Mya lutraria*	Linnaeus, 1758	basionym
*Chama magna*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Lutraria elliptica*	Lamarck, 1801	synonym
*Lutraria elliptica var. latior*	Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Lutraria lutraria var. panormensis*	Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Lutraria solida*	Philippi, 1851	synonym
*Lutraria vulgaris*	Fleming, 1828	synonym
*Mya lutraria*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: navalló sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Danish: Oddermusling sources: danish PESI focal point

Dutch: gewone otterschelp; otterschelp; ovale otterschelp; ovale slijkschelp sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.;Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: common otter shell; otter shell sources: Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf;Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.

English-United States: Common Otter Shell sources: Charles Hussey

French: lacogne; lutraire 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.

Greek: Πετσίνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: arola

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 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.

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Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:140295