Description
General:
Ribbed shell. MBARI molecular analysis (2012) shows that specimens collected in the Gulf of California are A. sphoni.
Geographic Information
Additional Information
References
Encyclopedia of LifeTree of Life
World Register of Marine Species
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Coan, E.V., P. Valentich-Scott, and F.R. Bernard (2000). Bivalve Seashells of Western North America: Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara, CA. 764 pp.
Walz, K.R., D.A. Clague, J.P. Barry, and R.C. Vrijenhoek (2014). First records and range extensions for two Acesta clam species (Bivalvia: Limidae) in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Marine Biodiversity Records, 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755267214000165
Citation:
Acesta sphoni
((L. G. Hertlein, 1963)) Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Acesta%20sphoni. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on 2024-11-22.