WoRMS taxon details
Abra alba alba (W. Wood, 1802)
1783193 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1783193)
accepted
Subspecies
Abra alba euxinica Merklin & Nevesskaya, 1955 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Syndesmya alba var. euxinica (Merklin & Nevesskaja, 1955) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Mactra alba W. Wood, 1802) Wood W. 1802. Observations on the hinges of British Bivalve shells. <i>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London</i>, 6: 154-176, pl. 14-18. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/758287
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Abra alba alba (W. Wood, 1802). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1783193 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mactra alba W. Wood, 1802) Wood W. 1802. Observations on the hinges of British Bivalve shells. <i>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London</i>, 6: 154-176, pl. 14-18. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/758287
page(s): p. 165, pl. 16 fig. 9-12 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Abra alba euxinica Merklin & Nevesskaya, 1955 †) Merklin, R.L.; Nevesskaja, L.A. (1955). Opredelitel' dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov miotsena Turkmenii i zapadnogo Kazakhstana [= An identification manual of bivalve mollusks of the Miocene of Turkmenia and western Kazakhstan]. <em>Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta.</em> 59: 1-115., available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/10446
page(s): 82, pl. 23, fig. 1-5 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 318, pl. LXXV, fig. 12-15 [details]
page(s): p. 165, pl. 16 fig. 9-12 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Abra alba euxinica Merklin & Nevesskaya, 1955 †) Merklin, R.L.; Nevesskaja, L.A. (1955). Opredelitel' dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov miotsena Turkmenii i zapadnogo Kazakhstana [= An identification manual of bivalve mollusks of the Miocene of Turkmenia and western Kazakhstan]. <em>Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta.</em> 59: 1-115., available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/10446
page(s): 82, pl. 23, fig. 1-5 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 318, pl. LXXV, fig. 12-15 [details]