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Laternula Röding, 1798

138106 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138106)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
  9. Pandoroidea (Superfamily)
  10. Laternulidae (Family)
  11. Laternulinae (Subfamily)
  12. Laternula (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Solen anatinus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Laternula anatina (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Laternulidae Hedley, 1918
Laternulinae Hedley, 1918
Anatina Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Anatina...)  
junior homonym of Anatina Schumacher, 1817; Butor and Butorella are replacement names
Auriscalpium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Butor Gistel, 1848 · unaccepted (substitute name for Anatina...)  
substitute name for Anatina Lamarck. Invalid: junior homonym of Butor Forster, 1827 [Aves]; Butorella is a replacement name
Butorella Strand, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Laternula (Laternulina) T. Habe, 1952 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Laternulina T. Habe, 1952 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Laternula anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Species Laternula blainvillei (Reeve, 1863)
  3. Species Laternula boschasina (Reeve, 1860)
  4. Species Laternula bullata (Reeve, 1863)
  5. Species Laternula constricta (Reeve, 1863)
  6. Species Laternula corrugata (Reeve, 1863)
  7. Species Laternula creccina (Reeve, 1860)
  8. Species Laternula eximia (Reeve, 1863)
  9. Species Laternula gracilis (Reeve, 1860)
  10. Species Laternula impura (Pilsbry, 1901)
  11. Species Laternula inopinata J. D. Taylor & Glover, 2026
  12. Species Laternula japonica (Lischke, 1872)
  13. Species Laternula laterna (Lamarck, 1818)
  14. Species Laternula navicula (Reeve, 1863)
  15. Species Laternula omissa J. D. Taylor & Glover, 2026
  16. Species Laternula pristissinus J. D. Taylor & Glover, 2026
  17. Species Laternula tasmanica (Reeve, 1863)
  18. Species Laternula valenciennesii (Reeve, 1863)
  19. Species Laternula argentea (Reeve, 1863) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  20. Species Laternula faba (Reeve, 1863) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  21. Species Laternula samalinsulae (Preston, 1914) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not a Laternula (J.D. Taylor, pers. com.))
  22. Subgenus Laternula (Exolaternula) T. Habe, 1977 accepted as Exolaternula T. Habe, 1977 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Laternula (Exolaternula) erythraea S. Morris & N. Morris, 1993 accepted as Exolaternula erythraea (S. Morris & N. Morris, 1993) (basionym)
    2. Species Laternula (Exolaternula) nanhaiensis Q.-Q. Zhuang & Y.-Y. Cai, 1982 accepted as Parilaternula nanhaiensis (Q.-Q. Zhuang & Y.-Y. Cai, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  23. Subgenus Laternula (Laternula) Röding, 1798 accepted as Laternula Röding, 1798
  24. Subgenus Laternula (Laternulina) T. Habe, 1952 accepted as Laternula Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Laternula attenuata (Reeve, 1863) accepted as Laternula creccina (Reeve, 1860)
    2. Species Laternula elliptica (P. P. King, 1832) accepted as Cryolaternula elliptica (P. P. King, 1832) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    3. Species Laternula erythraea S. Morris & N. Morris, 1993 accepted as Exolaternula erythraea (S. Morris & N. Morris, 1993) (original combination)
    4. Species Laternula flexuosa (Reeve, 1863) accepted as Laternula anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
    5. Species Laternula kamakurana (Pilsbry, 1895) accepted as Exolaternula liautaudi (Mittre, 1844) accepted as Parilaternula liautaudi (Mittre, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    6. Species Laternula lanterna [sic] accepted as Laternula laterna (Lamarck, 1818) (misspelling)
    7. Species Laternula liautaudi (Mittre, 1844) accepted as Exolaternula liautaudi (Mittre, 1844) accepted as Parilaternula liautaudi (Mittre, 1844)
    8. Species Laternula limicola (Reeve, 1863) accepted as Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    9. Species Laternula marilina (Reeve, 1860) accepted as Laternula gracilis (Reeve, 1860)
    10. Species Laternula melorum T. Cossignani, 2023 accepted as Exolaternula erythraea (S. Morris & N. Morris, 1993) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    11. Species Laternula recta (Reeve, 1863) accepted as Laternula gracilis (Reeve, 1860)
    12. Species Laternula rostrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) accepted as Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791)
    13. Species Laternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791)
    14. Species Laternula subrostrata (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Laternula anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
    15. Species Laternula takekosugei Thach, 2020 accepted as Laternula impura (Pilsbry, 1901) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    16. Species Laternula truncata (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    17. Species Laternula vagina (Reeve, 1863) accepted as Laternula creccina (Reeve, 1860)
    18. Species Laternula vietnamense Thach, 2025 accepted as Laternula vietnamensis Thach, 2025 accepted as Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
    19. Species Laternula vietnamensis Thach, 2025 accepted as Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    marine, fresh, terrestrial
    recent + fossil
    feminine
    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
    page(s): 155 [details] 
    MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Laternula Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138106 on 2026-06-30
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    2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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    Gofas, Serge
    2006-09-13 06:47:38Z
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    Martinez, Olga
    2011-03-14 19:17:39Z
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    Bouchet, Philippe
    2013-05-15 15:01:05Z
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    Gofas, Serge
    2018-04-23 17:22:20Z
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    Bouchet, Philippe
    2025-04-28 14:13:08Z
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    Vinarski, Maxim
    2026-03-13 16:16:49Z
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    Bouchet, Philippe

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    Nomenclature

    original description 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
    page(s): 155 [details] 

    original description (of Butor Gistel, 1848) Gistel, Johannes [Nepomuk Franz Xaver]. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs: für höhere Schulen. 1-216, i-xvi, pls. 1-32. Stuttgart. Scheitlin & Krais., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526
    page(s): 172 [details] OpenAccess publication

    original description (of Laternulina T. Habe, 1952) Habe, T. (1951-1953). Genera of Japanese shells. Pelecypoda and Scaphopoda. Kyoto, Part 1, 1-96 [Feb. 1951]; Part 2, 97-186 [Sept. 1951]; Part 3, 187-278, [279-280] [May 1952]; Part 4, 281-326 [Jan. 1953].
    page(s): 266 [details] 

    original description (of Anatina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
    page(s): 462 [details] 

    original description (of Auriscalpium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. K. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen System's der Schalthiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
    page(s): 46 [details] OpenAccess publication

    original description (of Butorella Strand, 1928) Strand, E. (1928). Miscellanea nomenclatoria zoologica et palaeontologica. I–II. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 92A(8): 30-75.
    page(s): 39 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

    basis of record Taylor, J. D.; Glover, E. A.; Williams, S. T. (2026). Classification and relationships of living species of Laternulidae (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata): new light on lantern shells. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5771(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5771.1.1
    page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

    Taxonomy

    status source Taylor, J. D.; Glover, E. A.; Harper, E. M.; Crame, J. A.; Ikebe, C.; Williams, S. T. (2018). Left in the cold? Evolutionary origin of Laternula elliptica, a keystone bivalve species of Antarctic benthos. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 123(2): 360-376., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx144 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

    Other

    additional source Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
    page(s): 276 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

    additional source Aller, R. C. (1974). Prefabrication of shell ornamentation in the bivalve <i>Laternula</i>. <em>Lethaia.</em> 7(1): 43-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.1974.tb00883.x [details] 

    subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
    page(s): 190 [details] 

    		 
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    LanguageName 
    Japanese オキナガイ属オキナガイ亜属 [from synonym]  [details]
    To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Auriscalpium) (from synonym Auriscalpium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811)
    To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laternula) 
    To Genbank (from synonym Auriscalpium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811)
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