Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Galeommatoidea > Family Lasaeidae > Genus Hemilepton

Hemilepton nitidum (Turton, 1822)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hemilepton*	Cossmann, 1911	accepted genus name
*Erycina (Hemilepton)*	Cossmann, 1911	synonym

Species group names

*Erycina (Hemilepton) nitidum*	(Turton, 1822)	synonym
*Erycina prismatica*	Cossmann & Peyrot, 1912	synonym
*Kellia compressa*	Milaschewitsch, 1909	synonym
*Lepton convexum*	Clark W., 1852	synonym
*Lepton nitidum*	Turton, 1822	synonym
*Lepton nitidum var. laevis*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Lepton nitidum var. lineolata*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Lepton nitidum var. pisidialis*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Semierycina nitida*	(Turton, 1822)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: witte muntschelp

Literature

basis of record	North Sea observations of Crustacea, Polychaeta, Echinodermata, Mollusca and some other groups between 1986 and 2003
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Gofas, Serge

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Hemilepton nitidum. 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:246148