Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Anomalodesmata > Superfamily Clavagelloidea > Family Clavagellidae > Genus Bryopa

Bryopa aperta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bryopa*	Gray, 1847	accepted genus name
*Tiria*	Gregorio, 1886	synonym

Species group names

*Clavagella aperta*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1823	synonym
*Clavagella balanorum*	Scacchi, 1841	synonym
*Clavagella sicula*	Delle Chiaje, 1830	synonym

Literature

original description	Sowerby G.B. I. 1821–34. The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. G. B. Sowerby, London. vol. 1 pl. 1-126 + text (unpaginated) [1821-1825]; vol. 2: pl. 127-162 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834] ([Published in 42 numbers. For complete collation see Sykes, 1906 and see Petit R.E. 2006. Notes on Sowerby's The genera of recent and fossil shells (1821–1834) Archives of Natural History 33: 71-89]
basis of record	Morton B. 2007. The evolution of the watering pot shells (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata: Clavagellidae and Penicillidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 24: 19-64.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Bryopa aperta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1823). 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:573725