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Spisula sachalinensis
| Description | Spisula sachalinensis (Japanese common name: Ubagai ウバガイ or Hokkigai ホッキ貝, 北寄貝) is a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Mactridae, the surf clams or trough clams. It is commonly referred to as the "surf clam". This species is commercially exploited. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spisula_sachalinensis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : Spisula : Spisula sachalinensis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Spisula | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Spisula sachalinensis (Schrenck, 1862) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Sachalin-trogmuschel, Sakhalin Surfclam, Hen Clam, ウバガイ／ホッキガイ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spisula_sachalinensis |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Mactra dunkeri Yokoyama, 1922 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : Spisula : Mactra dunkeri |
| Mactra sachalinensis Schrenck, 1862 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : Spisula : Mactra sachalinensis |
| Mactra sachalinensis imperialis Yokoyama, 1922 | GBIF | variety | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : Spisula : Mactra sachalinensis imperialis |
| Mactra sibyllae Valenciennes, 1858 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : Spisula : Mactra sibyllae |
| Mactra luhdorfii Dunker, 1864 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : Spisula : Mactra luhdorfii |
| Trigonella straminea Dunker, 1882 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : Spisula : Trigonella straminea |
References
| 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. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Cole, T. C. H. (2017) Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English: 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp - via Catalogue of Life |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
