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WoRMS taxon details

Meretrix petechialis (Lamarck, 1818)

AphiaID

397140 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:397140)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Meretrix Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Cytherea petechialis Lamarck, 1818

Synonymised names

Cytherea petechialis Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cytherea petechialis 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): 561 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Meretrix petechialis (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397140 on 2026-03-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-06-04 05:46:50Z

created

db_admin

2010-09-23 11:55:17Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2011-08-13 20:38:52Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-08-16 11:00:49Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cytherea petechialis 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): 561 [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Torii H., Sato S., Hamaguchi M., Henmi Y. & Yamashita H. (2010) The comparison of shell morphology and genetic relationship between Meretrix lusoria and M. petechialis in Japan and Korea. Plankton and Benthos Research 5(suppl.): 231-241., available online at https://doi.org/10.3800/pbr.5.231 [details]

Other

context source (HKRMS) Lutaenko, L. A. & Volvenko, I. E. (2013) On the fauna of bivalve mollusks of Hong Kong (South China Sea). The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 17:79-141. [details]

additional source Chen A.-H., Li Z.-X. & Feng G.-N. (2009) Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Meretrix (Mollusca: Veneridae) based on mitochondrial COI gene sequences. Zoological Research 30(3):233-239., available online at https://doi.org/10.3724/sp.j.1141.2009.03233 [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Ujino, S.; Matsukuma, A. (2009). Trends in Life Orientations of Nine Infaunal Bivalve Species Based on Quantitative Measurement Data. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 68 (1-2): 39-54. [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species impact in Japan (Nation) : Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Japan (Nation) : Fisheries: deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish to establish or support fishery [details]

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