Giant Coquina
Iphigenia brasiliana (Lamarck, 1818)
I have over a dozen Giant Coquinas in my collection. They are thick wedged shaped shells that are usually blue-gray in color.
Giant Coquina is rarely found on S. Hutchinson Island beaches.
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Iphigenia brasiliana (Lamarck, 1818)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 81257
(Download Help) Iphigenia brasiliana TSN 81257
Common Name(s): giant false coquina
giant coquina [English]
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing: valid
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Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
Subkingdom Bilateria
Infrakingdom Protostomia
Superphylum Lophozoa
Phylum Mollusca – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks
Class Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra
Subclass Heterodonta Neumayr, 1884
Order Veneroida H. Adams and A. Adams, 1856
Superfamily Tellinoidea Blainville, 1814
Family Donacidae Fleming, 1828
Genus Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817
Species Iphigenia brasiliana (Lamarck, 1818) – giant false coquina, giant coquina
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Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
Acquired: 1996
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Reference for: Iphigenia brasiliana
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al.
Publication Date: 1988
Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16
Page(s): vii + 277
Publisher: American Fisheries Society
Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-47-4, 0097-0638
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Reference for: Iphigenia brasiliana
Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.
Publication Date: 1998
Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
Page(s): 526
Publisher: American Fisheries Society
Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638
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Reference for: Iphigenia brasiliana
Geographic Information
Geographic Division: North America
Western Atlantic Ocean