MolluscaBase taxon details
Spisula murchisoni (Reeve, 1854)
505774 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505774)
accepted
Species
Mactra murchisoni Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Mactra murchisoni Deshayes, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym and homonym)
Spisula (Spisulona) murchisoni (Reeve, 1854) · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Mactra murchisoni Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371
page(s): pl. 15, sp. 76 [details]
page(s): pl. 15, sp. 76 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spisula murchisoni (Reeve, 1854). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505774 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Mactra murchisoni Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mactra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-21 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, March 1854; pl. 1, 6-14, April 1854; pl. 15-21, May 1854]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120371
page(s): pl. 15, sp. 76 [details]
original description (of Mactra murchisoni Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 (1854): 62–72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747443
page(s): 64 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): pl. 15, sp. 76 [details]
original description (of Mactra murchisoni Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new species of shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 (1854): 62–72., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747443
page(s): 64 [details]
basis of record 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Mactra murchisoni Reeve, 1854)
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Mactra murchisoni Deshayes, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mactra murchisoni Reeve, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spisula murchisoni)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Malacopics (Spisula murchisoni (Reeve, 1854) New Zealand, Nelson, Rabbit Island, low tide, sandy bottom, collected February 1987, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Mactra murchisoni Deshayes, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mactra murchisoni Reeve, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spisula murchisoni)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Malacopics (Spisula murchisoni (Reeve, 1854) New Zealand, Nelson, Rabbit Island, low tide, sandy bottom, collected February 1987, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
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