WoRMS taxon details
Codakia punctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
215837 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215837)
accepted
Species
Codokia punctata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Cytherea punctata Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Lucina (Codakia) punctata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lucina punctata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Venus punctata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Venus punctata 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
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Codakia punctata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215837 on 2026-06-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Venus punctata 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): 688 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cytherea punctata Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 574-575 [details]
page(s): 688 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cytherea punctata Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 574-575 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
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]
redescription Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. (2007). Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 29(1): 109-181. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. (2007). Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 29(1): 109-181. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). <i>Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae</i>. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 148, fig. 69h [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 214 [details]
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 [request]
page(s): 148, fig. 69h [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 214 [details]
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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クチベニツキガイ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Lucina punctata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Codakia punctata FREAK)
To Conchology (Codakia punctata SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Codakia punctata)
To Malacopics (Codakia punctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Marau Sound, Honiar...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Lucina punctata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Codakia punctata FREAK)
To Conchology (Codakia punctata SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Codakia punctata)
To Malacopics (Codakia punctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Marau Sound, Honiar...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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