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Glycymeris nummaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Glycymeris violacescens (Lamarck, 1819) Juvenile specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 18.08.2009), actual size 11.7 mm
Glycymeris violacescens (Lamarck, 1819)
Juvenile specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 18.08.2009), actual size 11.7 mm

504509 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:504509)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Arcida (Order)
  8. Arcoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Glycymerididae (Family)
  10. Glycymeris (Genus)
  11. Glycymeris nummaria (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Arca nummaria Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Glycymeris nummaria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504509 on 2026-09-28
Date
action
by
2010-08-18 08:38:17Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2010-09-15 11:43:10Z
checked
Huber, Markus
2023-05-03 08:02:35Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description (of Arca insubrica Brocchi, 1814) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 492, pl. 11, fig. 10 [details] 

original description (of Pectunculus violacescens var. solida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892) 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): 209 [details] 

original description (of Pectunculus violacescens var. pallida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892) 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): 209 [details] 

original description (of Cardium gaditanum 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 Pectunculus cor Lamarck, 1805) Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de]. (1806). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 7: 231-244; 419-430; pl. 13-15., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28888212
page(s): 217 [details] 

original description (of Pectunculus nudicardo Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details] 

original description (of Pectunculus transversus Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details] 

original description (of Pectunculus violacescens Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details] 

original description (of Pectunculus zonalis Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details] 

original description (of Arca nummaria Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Pectunculus violacescens var. lactea Monterosato, 1889) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1889). Coquilles marines marocaines. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 37(1): 20-40 [2 May 1889]; 37(2): 112-121 [20 September 1889]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015363
page(s): 33 [details] 

original description (of Pectunculus violacescens f. tumida Monterosato, 1892) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1892). Nota intorno ai <i>Pectunculus</i> dei mari d'Europa. <em>Il Naturalista Siciliano.</em> 11(6–8): 143–155 [March 1st, 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11106963
page(s): 149 [details] 

original description (of Pectunculus violacescens f. typica Monterosato, 1892) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1892). Nota intorno ai <i>Pectunculus</i> dei mari d'Europa. <em>Il Naturalista Siciliano.</em> 11(6–8): 143–155 [March 1st, 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11106963
page(s): 152 [details] 

original description (of Pectunculus violacescens var. radiata 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): 386 [details] 

original description (of Pectunculus obliquatus de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) Rayneval [A.G. de], van den Hecke [E.B.G.] & Ponzi [G.]. (1854). <i>Catalogue des fossiles du Monte Mario (près Rome), recueillis par M. le Cte de Rayneval, Mgr Vanden Hecke et M. le professeur Ponzi.</i> Versailles, impr. Beau jeune 20 + 6 pp., 3 pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.112311 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pectunculus pilosellus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pectunculus reticulatus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details] OpenAccess publication

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 Nolf, F.; Swinnen, F. (2013). The Glycymerididae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the NE Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Neptunea.</em> 12 (3): 1-35. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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Modern Greek (1453-) Βιολετί χοντραχιβάδα [from synonym]  [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Glycymeris insubrica (Brocchi, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Glycymeris violacescens (Lamarck, 1819))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Glycymeris insubrica) (from synonym Glycymeris insubrica (Brocchi, 1814))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Glycymeris nummaria) 
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 5 proteins) 
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Arca nummaria Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Glycymeris insubrica (Brocchi, 1814))
To Malacopics (Glycymeris nummaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Ionia Nisia, Zakynthos, Laganas, beach... 
To Malacopics (Glycymeris nummaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Italy, Asti, Buttigliera d'Asti) 
To Malacopics (Glycymeris nummaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Islas Baleares, Mallorca, El Arenal, co... 
To PESI (from synonym Arca insubrica Brocchi, 1814)
To PESI (from synonym Arca nummaria Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus violacescens Lamarck, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus zonalis Lamarck, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Cardium gaditanum Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus violacescens var. lactea Monterosato, 1889)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus violacescens f. tumida Monterosato, 1892)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus violacescens f. typica Monterosato, 1892)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus violacescens var. radiata Pallary, 1900)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus violacescens var. solida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus violacescens var. pallida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892)
To PESI (from synonym Glycymeris violacescens (Lamarck, 1819))
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus cor Lamarck, 1805)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus nudicardo Lamarck, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus obliquatus de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus pilosellus Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus purpurascens Mac Andrew, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus reticulatus Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus transversus Lamarck, 1819)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pectunculus violacescens Lamarck, 1819)
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