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Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 29.09.2009), actual size 16.2 mm.
Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 29.09.2009), actual size 16.2 mm.

141907  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141907)

  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. Chamelea (Genus)
  14. Chamelea gallina (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Venus gallina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 685 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141907 on 2026-06-15
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2024-02-23 08:55:58Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description (of Venus gallina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 685 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Venus corrugatula Krynicki, 1837) Krynicki, J. A. (1837). Conchylia tam terrestria, quam fluviatilia et e maribus adjacentibus Imperii Rossici indigena, quae pro mutua offeruntur historiae naturalis cultoribus. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 10 (2): 50-64. Moskva., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41311962
page(s): 64 [details] 

original description (of Venus nucleus Statuti, 1880) Statuti A. (1880). Sulla "Venus nucleus" Dorati. <i>Atti dell'Accademia Pontificia de'Nuovi Lincei</i>, 33: 245-249 [reprint p. 1-7], pl. 1, available online at http://emeroteca.braidense.it/beic_attacc/full_screen.php?img=/export/beic_attacc/00AB/00AB_V00458_18790000_18800000_1880_033_000_033/ART015224.djvu
page(s): 3-7 [in reprint]; pl. 1 [details] 

original description (of Venus nuculata Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547 [details] 

original description (of Venus gallina var. articulata Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): p, 397 [details] 

original description (of Venus gallina var. flava Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 362 [details] 

original description (of Venus gallina var. minor Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 362 [details] 

original description (of Venus gallina var. alba Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 362 [details] 

original description (of Venus gallina var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 362 [details] 

original description (of Venus corrugatula Siemaschko, 1847) Siemaschko, J. v. (1847). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Konchyliens Russlands. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 20(1): 93-131, pl. 1-3., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34369569
page(s): 130, pl. 2 fig. 3 [details] 

original description (of Chione (Lirophora) schottii Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 395, 404 [details] 

original description (of Venus sinuata 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): 48 [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

Other

additional source Backeljau, T.; Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; De Bruyn, L. (1994). Genetic variation, systematics and distribution of the venerid clam <i>Chamelea gallina</i>. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 74: 211-223., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400035773 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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] 

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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LanguageName 
Albanian venusi me shirita  [details]
Catalan rossellona  [details]
Dutch venusschelpgewone venusschelpgestreepte venusschelp  [details]
English striped venuschicken venus  [details]
French vénuspetite prairegalinette  [details]
German Strahlige Venusmuschelgestreifte VenusmuschelGemeine Venusmuschel  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Χάβαρο  [details]
Spanish chirla  [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (61 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (252 publications) (from synonym Venus gallina Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chamelea gallina) 
To FAO Species fact sheets 
To GenBank (208 nucleotides; 113 proteins) 
To GenBank (208 nucleotides; 113 proteins) (from synonym Venus gallina Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) Bulgaria, Burgas, Sozopol) 
To Malacopics (Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) Egypt, Janub Sinai, Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab, beached... 
To Malacopics (Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Cataluña, Tarragona, L'Ampolla, Fondeadero... 
To Malacopics (Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Islas Baleares, Formentera, Estany d'es Pe... 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chione (Lirophora) schottii Syntype USNM 6226) (from synonym Chione schottii Dall, 1902)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chione Lirophora schottii Syntype USNM 6226) (from synonym Chione schottii Dall, 1902)
To PESI (from synonym Venus nucleus Statuti, 1880)
To PESI (from synonym Venus nuculata Locard, 1891)
To PESI (from synonym Venus sinuata Born, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Venus gallina var. articulata Pallary, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Venus gallina var. flava Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Venus gallina var. minor Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Venus gallina var. alba Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Venus gallina var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Venus gallina Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chione schottii Dall, 1902)
To ITIS
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