WoRMS name details

Venus effeminata Stearns, 1890

544430  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:544430)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Veneroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Veneridae (Family)
  12. Venerinae (Subfamily)
  13. Venus (Genus)
  14. Venus effeminata (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine
(of Venus (Chione) effeminata Stearns, 1890) Stearns, R. E. C. (1890). Scientific results of explorations by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. XVII.- Descriptions of new West American land, freshwater, and marine shells, with notes and comments. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 13(813): 205-225, pls 15-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15670933
page(s): 221 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venus effeminata Stearns, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=544430 on 2025-09-11
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2010-11-10 15:53:17Z
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Tran, Bastien
2010-11-10 16:07:33Z
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Huber, Markus
2022-12-31 02:42:49Z
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Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description (of Venus (Chione) effeminata Stearns, 1890) Stearns, R. E. C. (1890). Scientific results of explorations by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. XVII.- Descriptions of new West American land, freshwater, and marine shells, with notes and comments. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 13(813): 205-225, pls 15-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15670933
page(s): 221 [details] 

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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] 

To NMNH Extant Collection (Venus (Chione) effeminata Holotype USNM 102181) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Venus Chione effeminata Holotype USNM 102181) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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