MolluscaBase taxon details
Cyrtodaria siliqua (Spengler, 1793)
140102 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140102)
accepted
Species
Glycimeris incrassata Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted
Glycimeris incrustata Bosc, 1801 · unaccepted
Mya picea W. Wood, 1815 · unaccepted
Mya siliqua Spengler, 1793 · unaccepted
marine
(of Mya siliqua Spengler, 1793) Spengler L. (1793). Beskrivelse over et nyt Slægt af de toskallede Konchylier, forhen af mig kaldet Chæna, saa og over det Linnéiske Slægt <i>Mya</i>, hvilket nøiere bestemmes, og inddeles i tvende Slægter. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet.</em> 3(1): 16-69, pl. 2., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425119;view=1up;seq=24
page(s): 48 [details]
page(s): 48 [details]
Distribution A Northwestern Atlantic species; records in the European Arctic should go to Cyrtodaria kurriana Dunker, 1861 fide Kantor...
Distribution Labrador to Rhode Island
Distribution A Northwestern Atlantic species; records in the European Arctic should go to Cyrtodaria kurriana Dunker, 1861 fide Kantor et al., 2005 [details]
Distribution Labrador to Rhode Island
Distribution Labrador to Rhode Island [details]
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original description
(of Glycimeris incrassata Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Glycimeris incrustata Bosc, 1801) Bosc, L. A. G. (1801). Histoire naturelle des coquilles, contenant leur description, les moeurs des animaux qui les habitent et leurs usages. <em>Deterville, Paris.</em> vol. 1, 343 p.; vol. 2, 330 p.; vol. 3, 292 p.; vol. 4, 280 p.; vol. 5, 255 p., 1 table, 44 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10436 [details]
original description (of Mya picea W. Wood, 1815) Wood, W. (1815). General conchology or a description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system. London, John Booth. Vol. 1, lxi + 7 + 246 pp., 60 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/131274
page(s): 96 [details]
original description (of Mya siliqua Spengler, 1793) Spengler L. (1793). Beskrivelse over et nyt Slægt af de toskallede Konchylier, forhen af mig kaldet Chæna, saa og over det Linnéiske Slægt <i>Mya</i>, hvilket nøiere bestemmes, og inddeles i tvende Slægter. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet.</em> 3(1): 16-69, pl. 2., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425119;view=1up;seq=24
page(s): 48 [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Nesis, K. N. (1965). Ecology of <i>Cyrtodaria siliqua</i> and history of the genus <i>Cyrtodaria</i> (Bivalvia: Hiatellidae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 3(2): 197-210., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13032247 [details]
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Glycimeris incrustata Bosc, 1801) Bosc, L. A. G. (1801). Histoire naturelle des coquilles, contenant leur description, les moeurs des animaux qui les habitent et leurs usages. <em>Deterville, Paris.</em> vol. 1, 343 p.; vol. 2, 330 p.; vol. 3, 292 p.; vol. 4, 280 p.; vol. 5, 255 p., 1 table, 44 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10436 [details]
original description (of Mya picea W. Wood, 1815) Wood, W. (1815). General conchology or a description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system. London, John Booth. Vol. 1, lxi + 7 + 246 pp., 60 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/131274
page(s): 96 [details]
original description (of Mya siliqua Spengler, 1793) Spengler L. (1793). Beskrivelse over et nyt Slægt af de toskallede Konchylier, forhen af mig kaldet Chæna, saa og over det Linnéiske Slægt <i>Mya</i>, hvilket nøiere bestemmes, og inddeles i tvende Slægter. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet.</em> 3(1): 16-69, pl. 2., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425119;view=1up;seq=24
page(s): 48 [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Nesis, K. N. (1965). Ecology of <i>Cyrtodaria siliqua</i> and history of the genus <i>Cyrtodaria</i> (Bivalvia: Hiatellidae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 3(2): 197-210., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13032247 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution A Northwestern Atlantic species; records in the European Arctic should go to Cyrtodaria kurriana Dunker, 1861 fide Kantor et al., 2005 [details]Unreviewed
Dimensions reaches 5 to 7.5 in size [details]Distribution Labrador to Rhode Island [details]
Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Predators fish [details]
Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | northern propellerclam | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (92 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyrtodaria siliqua)
To GenBank (34627 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To Malacopics (Cyrtodaria siliqua (Spengler, 1793) Canada, Nova Scotia, NW of Sable Island, Banguer...
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005027.BV)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (92 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyrtodaria siliqua)
To GenBank (34627 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
To Malacopics (Cyrtodaria siliqua (Spengler, 1793) Canada, Nova Scotia, NW of Sable Island, Banguer...
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 005027.BV)
To ITIS
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