WoRMS taxon details
Donax variegatus (Gmelin, 1791)
AphiaID: 152220
AphiaID: 152220
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Donacidae (Family) > Donax (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Donax Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Capsella variegata (Gmelin, 1791) Tellina polita Poli, 1791 Tellina variegatus Gmelin, 1791 Tellina vinacea Gmelin, 1791 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: 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. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
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| Distribution | British Isles [details] European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Irish Exclusive economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Distribution: Fossil specimens of Donax variegatus could wash ashore the Belgian coast. [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152220 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Donax variegatus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152220 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||
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