WoRMS name details
Anaitis Römer, 1857
204122 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204122)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid: junior homonym of Anaitis Duponchel, 1829 [Lepidoptera])
Genus
Venus tiara Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Placamen lamellatum (Röding, 1798) (type by subsequent designation)
Venus (Anaitis) Römer, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Anaitis calophylla (R. A. Philippi, 1836) accepted as Placamen lamellatum (Röding, 1798)
- Species Anaitis foliacea (R. A. Philippi, 1846) accepted as Placamen foliaceum (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Anaitis punctigera Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906 accepted as Clausinella punctigera (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Venus (Anaitis) Römer, 1857) Römer E. (1857). Kritische Untersuchung der Arten des Mollusken-Geschlechts <i>Venus</i> bei Linné und Gmelin, mit Berücksichtigung der später beschriebenen Arten. Marburg. xiii + 135 p. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44076
page(s): 16 [details]
page(s): 16 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Anaitis Römer, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204122 on 2026-07-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Venus (Anaitis) Römer, 1857) Römer E. (1857). Kritische Untersuchung der Arten des Mollusken-Geschlechts <i>Venus</i> bei Linné und Gmelin, mit Berücksichtigung der später beschriebenen Arten. Marburg. xiii + 135 p. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44076
page(s): 16 [details]
basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
page(s): 16 [details]
basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Other
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 Vokes, H. E. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic catalogue (revised and updated). Paleontological Research Institution. Ithaca. US. [details]
additional source Vokes, H. E. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic catalogue (revised and updated). Paleontological Research Institution. Ithaca. US. [details]
