MolluscaBase taxon details
Spisula discors (J. E. Gray, 1837)
505772 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505772)
accepted
Species
Mactra discors J. E. Gray, 1837 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Spisula (Spisulona) discors (J. E. Gray, 1837) · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Mactra discors J. E. Gray, 1837) Gray, J. E. (1837). A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author's cabinet. <em>Magazine of Natural History, N.S.</em> 1: 370-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2334415
page(s): 371 [details]
page(s): 371 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spisula discors (J. E. Gray, 1837). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505772 on 2025-09-11
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(of Mactra discors J. E. Gray, 1837) Gray, J. E. (1837). A synoptical catalogue of the species of certain tribes or genera of shells contained in the collection of the British Museum and the author's cabinet. <em>Magazine of Natural History, N.S.</em> 1: 370-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2334415
page(s): 371 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 371 [details]
basis of record 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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
.jpg "To Malacopics (Spisula discors (Gray, 1837) New Zealand, Bay of Plenty, Coromandel Co., Coromandel Peninsula, Whitianga, on sandy bottom, in shallow water at low tide, collected December 1988, ex col...")
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