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Sphenia ovoidea P. P. Carpenter, 1865
543610 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:543610)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Carpenter, P. P. (1865). Diagnoses specierum et varietatum novarum Moluscorum, prope Sinum Pugetianum a Kennerlio Doctore, nuper decesso, collectorum. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 17: 54–64., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1682135
page(s): 54; note: genus name misspelled Shænia [details]
page(s): 54; note: genus name misspelled Shænia [details]
Note Puget Sound
Type locality Puget Sound [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sphenia ovoidea P. P. Carpenter, 1865. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=543610 on 2025-09-10
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Carpenter, P. P. (1865). Diagnoses specierum et varietatum novarum Moluscorum, prope Sinum Pugetianum a Kennerlio Doctore, nuper decesso, collectorum. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 17: 54–64., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1682135
page(s): 54; note: genus name misspelled Shænia [details]
source of synonymy 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)
page(s): supplementary material [details]
page(s): 54; note: genus name misspelled Shænia [details]
source of synonymy 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)
page(s): supplementary material [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Puget Sound [details]
