MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)

ERMS taxon details

Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)

AphiaID

140300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140300)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Spisula J. E. Gray, 1837

Original name

Mactra elliptica T. Brown, 1827

Synonymised names

Mactra elliptica T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted

Mactra gracilis Locard, 1891 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Mactra elliptica T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): Plate XV. Fig 6. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140300 on 2025-12-15

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140300 on 2025-12-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2019-03-22 19:47:22Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2025-12-15 12:34:25Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description (of Mactra elliptica T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): Plate XV. Fig 6. [details]

original description (of Mactra gracilis Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 266 [details]

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Chirli, C.; Forli, M. (2025). I molluschi del Pleistocene inferiore (Calabriano) del botro Crocetta, Rosignano Marittimo (Livorno). Bollettino Malacologico. 61(2): 131-151., available online at https://doi.org/10.53559/bollmalacol.2025.07
page(s): 144, figs 5E-F [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	ovale strandschelpelliptische strandschelp	[details]
English	elliptic trough shell	[details]
French	spisule	[details]
German	kleine Trogmuschelelliptische Trogmuschel	[details]