WoRMS taxon details
Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822
140432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140432)
accepted
Species
Mya binghami (W. Turton, 1822) · unaccepted
Mya binghami var. elongata Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted
marine
Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 36; pl. 3 fig. 4-5; pl. 19 fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 36; pl. 3 fig. 4-5; pl. 19 fig. 3 [details]
Note Torbay, Devon, SW England
Type locality Torbay, Devon, SW England [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140432 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 36; pl. 3 fig. 4-5; pl. 19 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Mya binghami var. elongata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 71 [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]
page(s): 36; pl. 3 fig. 4-5; pl. 19 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Mya binghami var. elongata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 71 [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]
Other
context source (BeRMS 2020)
Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]
additional source Yonge, C. M. (1951). Observations on <i>Sphenia binghami</i> Turton. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 30: 387-392., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469/1/Observations_on_Sphenia_binghami_Turton.pdf [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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]
additional source Yonge, C. M. (1951). Observations on <i>Sphenia binghami</i> Turton. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 30: 387-392., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469/1/Observations_on_Sphenia_binghami_Turton.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Torbay, Devon, SW England [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | kleine gaper | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Malacopics (Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822 Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Hitra Island, by dredging, ...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mya binghami (W. Turton, 1822))
To PESI (from synonym Mya binghami var. elongata Jeffreys, 1865)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Dyntaxa
To Malacopics (Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822 Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Hitra Island, by dredging, ...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mya binghami (W. Turton, 1822))
To PESI (from synonym Mya binghami var. elongata Jeffreys, 1865)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
