WoRMS taxon details
Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
863029 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:863029)
accepted
Species
Callista (Callista) maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded genus and subgenus)
Callista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded genus and subgenus)
Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded genus and subgenus)
Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venus maculata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Venus maculata 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
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page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=863029 on 2026-09-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Venus maculata 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
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746].
page(s): 765 [details]
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms.</i> Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746].
page(s): 765 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Callista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Megapitaria maculata PURPLE)
To Conchology (Megapitaria maculata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megapitaria maculata)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Venus maculata Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bermuda, sandy bottom, by SCUBA diving, at 3 ...
To Malacopics (Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) United States, Florida, 95 miles W of Egmont ...
To Malacopics (Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) United States, Florida, River Canal)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Callista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Venus maculata Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Callista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Megapitaria maculata PURPLE)
To Conchology (Megapitaria maculata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megapitaria maculata)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Venus maculata Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bermuda, sandy bottom, by SCUBA diving, at 3 ...
To Malacopics (Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) United States, Florida, 95 miles W of Egmont ...
To Malacopics (Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) United States, Florida, River Canal)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Callista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Venus maculata Linnaeus, 1758)
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