MolluscaBase taxon details
Abra Lamarck, 1818
138474 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138474)
accepted
Genus
Mactra tenuis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Abra tenuis (Montagu, 1803) (type by subsequent designation)
Abra (Abra) Lamarck, 1818 · alternate representation
Abrina Habe, 1952 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lutricularia Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Orixa Leach, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Semele (Abra) Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Semele (Syndosmya) Récluz, 1843 · unaccepted
Syndesmya [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling
Syndesmya (Abra) Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Syndosmya Récluz, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Species Abra aegyptiaca P. G. Oliver & Zuschin, 2000
Species Abra aequalis (Say, 1822)
Species Abra affinis E. A. Smith, 1899
Species Abra africana Bartsch, 1915
Species Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802)
Species Abra braziliensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra californica Knudsen, 1970
Species Abra chuni (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931)
Species Abra cistula (Melvill, 1907)
Species Abra convexior E. A. Smith, 1895
Species Abra cytheraeformis Cossmann & Peyrot, 1909 †
Species Abra deltoidea (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra demosia (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
Species Abra depressa (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra deshayesi (Bosquet, 1864) †
Species Abra difficilis (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra elata Nicklès, 1955
Species Abra exigua (H. Adams, 1862)
Species Abra exilis (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra fragillima (Issel, 1869)
Species Abra fragosa (Marwick, 1931) †
Species Abra fujitai Habe, 1958
Species Abra grimaldii (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
Species Abra inanis Prashad, 1932
Species Abra infans (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra inflata (Laws, 1939) †
Species Abra intesi Cosel, 1995
Species Abra jarli Nicklès, 1955
Species Abra kinoshitai (Kuroda & Habe, 1958)
Species Abra kraemmeri Nicklès, 1955
Species Abra kyurokusimana (Nomura & Hatai, 1940)
Species Abra lamberti (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra lecointrei Nicklès, 1955
Species Abra lioica (Dall, 1881)
Species Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835)
Species Abra longidentata M. Huber, 2015
Species Abra lunella (A. Gould, 1861)
Species Abra macrodonta (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra marshalli (Finlay, 1927) †
Species Abra media (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Species Abra obtusa (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra palmeri Dall, 1915
Species Abra philippinensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra pilsbryi (Dautzenberg, 1912)
Species Abra pini Cosel, 1995
Species Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)
Species Abra profundorum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra pusilla (Lamarck, 1806) †
Species Abra recluzii (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra regularis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra salamensis (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931)
Species Abra scarlatoi (Kamenev, 2004)
Species Abra scotti M. Huber, 2010
Species Abra segmentum (Récluz, 1843)
Species Abra seurati (E. Lamy, 1906)
Species Abra siberutensis (Thiele, 1931)
Species Abra sibogai Prashad, 1932
Species Abra soyoae Habe, 1958
Species Abra striatula (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra suessoniensis (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra tenuis (Montagu, 1803)
Species Abra tepocana Dall, 1915
Species Abra truncata Hedley, 1906
Species Abra uruguayensis (Pilsbry, 1897)
Species Abra vouastensis Périer, 1941 †
Species Abra weberi Prashad, 1932
Species Abra bella Conrad, 1875 accepted as Semele bellastriata (Conrad, 1837)
Species Abra brasiliana [sic] accepted as Abra braziliensis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (misspelling)
Species Abra cadabra Eames & Wilkins, 1957 accepted as Theora mesopotamica (Annandale, 1918)
Species Abra fragilis Risso, 1826 accepted as Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808) (synonym)
Species Abra intermedia (W. Thompson, 1845) accepted as Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776) (synonym)
Species Abra isosceles (Hedley, 1909) accepted as Semele isosceles Hedley, 1909
Species Abra kanamarui Kuroda, 1951 accepted as Abra lunella (A. Gould, 1861)
Species Abra kurodai Habe, 1961 accepted as Abra fujitai Habe, 1958
Species Abra lactea (Dunker, 1861) accepted as Iacra seychellarum (A. Adams, 1856)
Species Abra longicallis (R. A. Philippi, 1844) accepted as Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835) (unaccepted > unjustified emendation, unjustified emendation of Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835))
Species Abra maxima (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) accepted as Abra philippinensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra milaschevichi Nevesskaja, 1963 accepted as Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)
Species Abra nuculiformis Conrad, 1867 accepted as Abra aequalis (Say, 1822)
Species Abra ovata (R. A. Philippi, 1836) accepted as Abra segmentum (Récluz, 1843)
Species Abra pacifica Dall, 1915 accepted as Cumingia pacifica (Dall, 1915) (original combination)
Species Abra patagonica Ihering, 1907 † accepted as Abra uruguayensis (Pilsbry, 1897)
Species Abra petiti (Dautzenberg, 1923) accepted as Iacra petiti Dautzenberg, 1923
Species Abra renieri (Bronn, 1831) accepted as Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802)
Species Abra segmentina H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 accepted as Abra segmentum (Récluz, 1843)
Species Abra seychellarum (A. Adams, 1856) accepted as Iacra seychellarum (A. Adams, 1856)
Species Abra sinica F.-S. Xu, 1996 accepted as Moerella jedoensis (Lischke, 1872) accepted as Moerella hilaris (Hanley, 1844)
Species Abra skinoshitai [sic] accepted as Abra kinoshitai (Kuroda & Habe, 1958) (misspelling)
Species Abra trotteriana (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) accepted as Iacra trotteriana (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Abra (Abra) Lamarck, 1818 represented as Abra Lamarck, 1818
Species Abra lara W. H. Turton, 1932 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Abra petropolitana Stenzel, 1957 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Abra aequalis (Say, 1822)
Species Abra affinis E. A. Smith, 1899
Species Abra africana Bartsch, 1915
Species Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802)
Species Abra braziliensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra californica Knudsen, 1970
Species Abra chuni (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931)
Species Abra cistula (Melvill, 1907)
Species Abra convexior E. A. Smith, 1895
Species Abra cytheraeformis Cossmann & Peyrot, 1909 †
Species Abra deltoidea (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra demosia (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
Species Abra depressa (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra deshayesi (Bosquet, 1864) †
Species Abra difficilis (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra elata Nicklès, 1955
Species Abra exigua (H. Adams, 1862)
Species Abra exilis (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra fragillima (Issel, 1869)
Species Abra fragosa (Marwick, 1931) †
Species Abra fujitai Habe, 1958
Species Abra grimaldii (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
Species Abra inanis Prashad, 1932
Species Abra infans (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra inflata (Laws, 1939) †
Species Abra intesi Cosel, 1995
Species Abra jarli Nicklès, 1955
Species Abra kinoshitai (Kuroda & Habe, 1958)
Species Abra kraemmeri Nicklès, 1955
Species Abra kyurokusimana (Nomura & Hatai, 1940)
Species Abra lamberti (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra lecointrei Nicklès, 1955
Species Abra lioica (Dall, 1881)
Species Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835)
Species Abra longidentata M. Huber, 2015
Species Abra lunella (A. Gould, 1861)
Species Abra macrodonta (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra marshalli (Finlay, 1927) †
Species Abra media (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Species Abra obtusa (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra palmeri Dall, 1915
Species Abra philippinensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra pilsbryi (Dautzenberg, 1912)
Species Abra pini Cosel, 1995
Species Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)
Species Abra profundorum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra pusilla (Lamarck, 1806) †
Species Abra recluzii (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra regularis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra salamensis (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931)
Species Abra scarlatoi (Kamenev, 2004)
Species Abra scotti M. Huber, 2010
Species Abra segmentum (Récluz, 1843)
Species Abra seurati (E. Lamy, 1906)
Species Abra siberutensis (Thiele, 1931)
Species Abra sibogai Prashad, 1932
Species Abra soyoae Habe, 1958
Species Abra striatula (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra suessoniensis (Deshayes, 1857) †
Species Abra tenuis (Montagu, 1803)
Species Abra tepocana Dall, 1915
Species Abra truncata Hedley, 1906
Species Abra uruguayensis (Pilsbry, 1897)
Species Abra vouastensis Périer, 1941 †
Species Abra weberi Prashad, 1932
Species Abra bella Conrad, 1875 accepted as Semele bellastriata (Conrad, 1837)
Species Abra brasiliana [sic] accepted as Abra braziliensis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (misspelling)
Species Abra cadabra Eames & Wilkins, 1957 accepted as Theora mesopotamica (Annandale, 1918)
Species Abra fragilis Risso, 1826 accepted as Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808) (synonym)
Species Abra intermedia (W. Thompson, 1845) accepted as Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776) (synonym)
Species Abra isosceles (Hedley, 1909) accepted as Semele isosceles Hedley, 1909
Species Abra kanamarui Kuroda, 1951 accepted as Abra lunella (A. Gould, 1861)
Species Abra kurodai Habe, 1961 accepted as Abra fujitai Habe, 1958
Species Abra lactea (Dunker, 1861) accepted as Iacra seychellarum (A. Adams, 1856)
Species Abra longicallis (R. A. Philippi, 1844) accepted as Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835) (unaccepted > unjustified emendation, unjustified emendation of Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835))
Species Abra maxima (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) accepted as Abra philippinensis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Abra milaschevichi Nevesskaja, 1963 accepted as Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)
Species Abra nuculiformis Conrad, 1867 accepted as Abra aequalis (Say, 1822)
Species Abra ovata (R. A. Philippi, 1836) accepted as Abra segmentum (Récluz, 1843)
Species Abra pacifica Dall, 1915 accepted as Cumingia pacifica (Dall, 1915) (original combination)
Species Abra patagonica Ihering, 1907 † accepted as Abra uruguayensis (Pilsbry, 1897)
Species Abra petiti (Dautzenberg, 1923) accepted as Iacra petiti Dautzenberg, 1923
Species Abra renieri (Bronn, 1831) accepted as Abra alba (W. Wood, 1802)
Species Abra segmentina H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 accepted as Abra segmentum (Récluz, 1843)
Species Abra seychellarum (A. Adams, 1856) accepted as Iacra seychellarum (A. Adams, 1856)
Species Abra sinica F.-S. Xu, 1996 accepted as Moerella jedoensis (Lischke, 1872) accepted as Moerella hilaris (Hanley, 1844)
Species Abra skinoshitai [sic] accepted as Abra kinoshitai (Kuroda & Habe, 1958) (misspelling)
Species Abra trotteriana (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) accepted as Iacra trotteriana (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Abra (Abra) Lamarck, 1818 represented as Abra Lamarck, 1818
» Species Abra (Abra) petropolitana Stenzel, 1957 † represented as Abra petropolitana Stenzel, 1957 †
Species Abra lara W. H. Turton, 1932 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Abra petropolitana Stenzel, 1957 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine
Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome 5. Paris: Deterville/Verdière, 612 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46337
page(s): 492 [details]
page(s): 492 [details]
Nomenclature Name attributed by Lamarck to Leach (MS). Established in synonymy but used as valid before 1960.
Nomenclature Name attributed by Lamarck to Leach (MS). Established in synonymy but used as valid before 1960. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Abra Lamarck, 1818. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138474 on 2023-09-25
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original description
Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome 5. Paris: Deterville/Verdière, 612 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46337
page(s): 492 [details]
original description (of Abrina Habe, 1952) Habe T. (1952). <i>Genera of Japanese shells. Pelecypoda No. 3</i>. Pp. 187-278. Published by the author, Kyoto.
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Orixa Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 280 [details]
original description (of Lutricularia Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Syndosmya Récluz, 1843) Récluz, C. A. (1843). Monographie du genre <i>Syndosmya</i>. <em>Revue zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne.</em> 6: 359-369., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2271434 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150. [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 Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): 492 [details]
original description (of Abrina Habe, 1952) Habe T. (1952). <i>Genera of Japanese shells. Pelecypoda No. 3</i>. Pp. 187-278. Published by the author, Kyoto.
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Orixa Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 280 [details]
original description (of Lutricularia Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Syndosmya Récluz, 1843) Récluz, C. A. (1843). Monographie du genre <i>Syndosmya</i>. <em>Revue zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne.</em> 6: 359-369., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2271434 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150. [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 Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Name attributed by Lamarck to Leach (MS). Established in synonymy but used as valid before 1960. [details]From other sources
Classification in family Scrobiculariidae [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Orixa Leach, 1852)
To Genbank (from synonym Orixa Leach, 1852)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Orixa Leach, 1852)
To Genbank (from synonym Orixa Leach, 1852)
To Genbank
To ITIS
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