WoRMS taxon details
Vulsella vulsella (Linnaeus, 1758)
214942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214942)
accepted
Species
Mya vulsella Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Reniella dilatata Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
Vulsella hians Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Vulsella lingulata Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Vulsella major Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Vulsella mytilina Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Vulsella pacifica Dall, 1916 · unaccepted (probable synonym)
Vulsella phasianoptera Reeve, 1858 · unaccepted
Vulsella trita Reeve, 1858 · unaccepted
marine
(of Mya vulsella Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vulsella vulsella (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214942 on 2026-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Vulsella lingulata 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 Mya vulsella Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Reniella dilatata Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 386 [details]
original description (of Vulsella major Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Vulsella hians 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 Vulsella mytilina 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 Vulsella trita Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus <i>Vulsella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 11, pl. 1-2 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Nov. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183110 [details]
original description (of Vulsella phasianoptera Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus <i>Vulsella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 11, pl. 1-2 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Nov. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183110 [details]
original description (of Vulsella pacifica Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 403 [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Mya vulsella Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Reniella dilatata Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 386 [details]
original description (of Vulsella major Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Vulsella hians 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 Vulsella mytilina 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 Vulsella trita Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus <i>Vulsella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 11, pl. 1-2 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Nov. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183110 [details]
original description (of Vulsella phasianoptera Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus <i>Vulsella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 11, pl. 1-2 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Nov. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183110 [details]
original description (of Vulsella pacifica Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 403 [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Dudgeon, D.; Morton, B. (1982). The coral associated Mollusca of Tolo Harbour and Channel, Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 2: 627-650. [details]
additional source 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]
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]
additional source 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]
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sponge finger oyster | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Vulsella mytilina Lamarck, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Vulsella hians Lamarck, 1819)
To Conchology (Vulsella vulsella)
To Conchology (Vulsella vulsella)
To Conchology (Vulsella vulsella)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vulsella vulsella)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Mya vulsella Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Vulsella vulsella (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay, Denham, ...
To Malacopics (Vulsella vulsella (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Maluku, Ambon, Hitu, Martafons, collec...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vulsella pacifica Holotype USNM 101935) (from synonym Vulsella pacifica Dall, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Vulsella lingulata Lamarck, 1819)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Vulsella mytilina Lamarck, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Vulsella hians Lamarck, 1819)
To Conchology (Vulsella vulsella)
To Conchology (Vulsella vulsella)
To Conchology (Vulsella vulsella)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vulsella vulsella)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Mya vulsella Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Vulsella vulsella (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay, Denham, ...
To Malacopics (Vulsella vulsella (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Maluku, Ambon, Hitu, Martafons, collec...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vulsella pacifica Holotype USNM 101935) (from synonym Vulsella pacifica Dall, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Vulsella lingulata Lamarck, 1819)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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