WoRMS taxon details
Spheniopsis F. Sandberger, 1861
489110 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:489110)
accepted
Genus
Corbula scalaris A. Braun, 1851 † accepted as Spheniopsis scalaris (A. Braun, 1851) † (type by monotypy)
Mikrola O. Meyer, 1887 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spheniopsis F. Sandberger, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489110 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mikrola O. Meyer, 1887 †) Meyer, O. (1887). On invertebrates from the Eocene of Mississippi and Alabama. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 39: 51-56, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1685936
page(s): 53 [details]
page(s): 53 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Morton, B.; Machado, F. M.; Passos, F. D. (2016). The organs of prey capture and digestion in the miniature predatory bivalve Spheniopsis brasiliensis (Anomalodesmata: Cuspidarioidea: Spheniopsidae) expose a novel life-history trait. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 50(27-28): 1725-1748., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1155780 [details] Available for editors 
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