WoRMS taxon details

Beguina semiorbiculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

504841  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:504841)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Archiheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Carditida (Order)
  9. Carditoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Carditidae (Family)
  11. Carditinae (Subfamily)
  12. Beguina (Genus)
  13. Beguina semiorbiculata (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
(of Chama semiorbiculata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Beguina semiorbiculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504841 on 2026-01-12
Date
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2010-08-18 08:38:17Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2010-09-15 11:43:10Z
checked
Huber, Markus

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Nomenclature

original description (of Beguina nephritica Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details] 

original description (of Cardita irregularis Clessin, 1888) Clessin, S. (1887-1888). Die Familie der Carditaceen. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Zehtnen Bandes erste Abtheilung.</em> 10(1): 1-16, pls 1-5 [1887], 17-60, pls 6-13 [1888]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34258985
page(s): 43, pl. 10, fig 1-3 [details] 

original description (of Chama phrenitica Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 69 [details] 

original description (of Chama reniformis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chama semiorbiculata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] 

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Cardita irregularis Clessin, 1888)
To Conchology (Beguina semiorbiculata GIANT) 
To Conchology (Beguina semiorbiculata GIANT) 
To Conchology (Beguina semiorbiculata GIANT) 
To Conchology (Beguina semiorbiculata PERIO) 
To Conchology (Beguina semiorbiculata PERIO) 
To Conchology (Beguina semiorbiculata PERIO) 
To Conchology (Beguina semiorbiculata) 
To Conchology (Beguina semiorbiculata) 
To Conchology (Beguina semiorbiculata) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Beguina semiorbiculata) 
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Beguina semiorbiculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Marau Sound, ... 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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