WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Codakia tigerina (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

215835 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215835)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Codakia Scopoli, 1777

Original name

Venus tigerina Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Codakia tigrina [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)

Codokia tigerina (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Cytherea tigerina Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted

Lucina (Codakia) tumida Preston, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Lucina exasperata Reeve, 1850 · unaccepted

Lucina tigerina (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Lucina tigrina (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Lucina tumida Preston, 1906 · unaccepted

Venus tigerina Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Venus tigerina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 688 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Codakia tigerina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215835 on 2026-06-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

1998-05-20 07:48:52Z

changed

Fondo, Esther

2010-03-06 07:04:47Z

changed

Taylor, John

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Venus tigerina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 688 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Lucina exasperata Reeve, 1850) Reeve, L. A. (1850). Monograph of the genus Lucina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 6, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-5, May 1850; pl. 6-9, June 1850; pl. 1, 10-11 August 1850]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9142186
page(s): species 4 [details]

original description (of Cytherea tigerina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 574 [details]

original description (of Lucina (Codakia) tumida Preston, 1906) Preston, H. B. (1906). Descriptions of new species of marine Pelecypoda from the Philippine Islands. Annales de la Societe Royale Zoologique et Malacologique de Belge, Bruxelles. 41: 72-73.
page(s): 73, fig. 7 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. (2007). Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema. 29(1): 109-181. [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 144 [details]

additional source Xu F.-S. [Fengshan] (2012) Fauna Sinica. Invertebrata Vol. 48. Mollusca Bivalvia. Lucinacea, Carditacea, Crassatellacea, Cardiacea. 239 pp. Beijing: Science Press. [details]

additional source Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 148, fig. 69k [details]