WoRMS name details
Solemya borealis Totten, 1834
156992 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156992)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Totten J.G. (1834). Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 26: 366-369, 1 pl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30989159
page(s): 366-367, Plate, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 366-367, Plate, fig. 1 [details]
Distribution Nova Scotia to Connecticut
Distribution Nova Scotia to Connecticut [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Solemya borealis Totten, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156992 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Totten J.G. (1834). Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 26: 366-369, 1 pl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30989159
page(s): 366-367, Plate, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 366-367, Plate, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions reaches 5 to 7.5 cm insize [details]Distribution Nova Scotia to Connecticut [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]
