African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Venus Linnaeus, 1758

Venus verrucosa

AphiaID

138648 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138648)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Typetaxon of

Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
Venerinae Rafinesque, 1815

Parent

Venerinae Rafinesque, 1815

Orig. name

Venus Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (30)

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Species Venus casina Linnaeus, 1758
Species Venus chevreuxi Dautzenberg, 1891
Species Venus crebrisulca Lamarck, 1818
Species Venus declivis G. B. Sowerby II, 1853
Species Venus nux Gmelin, 1791
Species Venus subrosalina Tomlin, 1923
Species Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenus Venus (Cytherea) Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Cytherea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Meretrix Lamarck, 1799
1. Species Venus (Cytherea) adunca Römer, 1869 accepted as Gafrarium aduncum (Römer, 1869)
Species Venus affinis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Pitar affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Venus arabica Chemnitz, 1795 accepted as Circenita varia (Forsskål, 1775) (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
Species Venus crebrisulca Lamarck, 1818 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1853 accepted as Globivenus toreuma (A. Gould, 1850)
Species Venus crispata Deshayes, 1853 accepted as Periglypta crispata (Deshayes, 1853)
Species Venus erronea Fischer-Piette, 1975 accepted as Venus subrosalina Tomlin, 1923
Species Venus foliacea R. A. Philippi, 1846 accepted as Placamen foliaceum (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Venus foliaceolamellosa Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Circomphalus foliaceolamellosus (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Venus gallina Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
Species Venus lacerata Hanley, 1845 accepted as Antigona lacerata (Hanley, 1845)
Species Venus lamellaris Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817
Species Venus lentiginosa Chemnitz, 1795 accepted as Circenita varia (Forsskål, 1775) (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
Species Venus marica Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Timoclea marica (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
Species Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
Species Venus orbicularis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Venus puerpera Linnaeus, 1771 accepted as Periglypta puerpera (Linnaeus, 1771) (original combination)
Species Venus punctigera (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906) accepted as Clausinella punctigera (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
Species Venus reticulata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Periglypta reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
Species Venus rosalina Rang, 1834 accepted as Venus crebrisulca Lamarck, 1818
Species Venus rugosa Linnaeus, 1771 sensu Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Globivenus rigida (Dillwyn, 1817) (misapplication)
Species Venus tiara Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Placamen lamellatum (Röding, 1798)
Species Venus toreuma A. Gould, 1850 accepted as Globivenus toreuma (A. Gould, 1850) (superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Venus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138648 on 2024-04-26

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Venus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138648 on 2024-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2005-04-14 07:47:17Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-09-10 13:08:08Z

changed

Huber, Markus

2011-03-14 19:17:39Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-05-14 19:49:43Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2019-07-28 01:47:35Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-03-30 04:30:02Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2022-01-09 19:51:35Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

2024-02-25 05:23:09Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

[taxonomic tree]

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

additional source Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913 [details]