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Bivalvia

Bivalvia

tweekleppigen(+8)·Linnaeus, 1758

GBIF:155055028

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Habitat

Marine Freshwater

Characteristics

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 7 languages. 2 preferred.

nldtweekleppigennldrusдвустворчатые моллюскиrusdeuMuschelndeuengbivalvesengengbivalves and clamseng+4 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 7 languages. 2 names preferred.

nldtweekleppigen
nldpreferred
Source: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
rusдвустворчатые моллюски
ruspreferred
deuMuscheln
deu
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
engbivalves
eng
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
engbivalves and clams
eng
swemusslor
swe
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
ukrДвостулкові
ukr
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
ukrДвостулкові молюски
ukr
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
jpn二枚貝綱
jpn
Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

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IDENTIFIERS

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NCBI:txid6544

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References(7)

  • 1

    Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184.

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  • 2

    Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2006). Bivalvia – a look at the Branches. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 148 (3): 223-235.

  • 3

    Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; González, V. L.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Sharma, P. P.; Staubach, S.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Tëmkin, I.; Zardus, J. D.; Clark, S.; Guzmán, A.; McIntyre, E.; Sharp, P.; Giribet, G. (2014). Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 28(1): 32-115.

    additional source
  • 4

    Cox, L. R. et al. (1969). Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. In: Moore, R.C. (Ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 2 vol., 951 pp.

    additional source
  • 5

    Lemer, S.; Bieler, R.; Giribet, G. (2019). Resolving the relationships of clams and cockles: dense transcriptome sampling drastically improves the bivalve tree of life. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 286 (1896): 20182684.

  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

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    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155055028
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    137
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026