WoRMS taxon details
Macrocallista nimbosa ([Lightfoot], 1786)
420945 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420945)
accepted
Species
Callista nimbosa ([Lightfoot], 1786) · unaccepted
Cytherea gigantea (Gmelin, 1791) sensu Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (misapplication)
Paphia alaavis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Venus gigantea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus multiradiata Menke, 1829 · unaccepted
Venus nimbosa [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted
marine
(of Venus nimbosa [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): p. 9, n. 170; p. 136, n. 3508. [details]
page(s): p. 9, n. 170; p. 136, n. 3508. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macrocallista nimbosa ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420945 on 2025-06-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Paphia alaavis 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 Venus gigantea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Venus multiradiata Menke, 1829) Menke, C. T. (1829). <i>Verzeichniss der Ansehnlichen Conchylien-Sammlung des Freiherrn von den Malsburg.</i> Pyrmont: Heinrich Gelpte. vi + 123 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59015752
page(s): 119 [details]
original description (of Venus nimbosa [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): p. 9, n. 170; p. 136, n. 3508. [details]
original description (of Cytherea gigantea (Gmelin, 1791) sensu 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): 564 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Venus gigantea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Venus multiradiata Menke, 1829) Menke, C. T. (1829). <i>Verzeichniss der Ansehnlichen Conchylien-Sammlung des Freiherrn von den Malsburg.</i> Pyrmont: Heinrich Gelpte. vi + 123 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59015752
page(s): 119 [details]
original description (of Venus nimbosa [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): p. 9, n. 170; p. 136, n. 3508. [details]
original description (of Cytherea gigantea (Gmelin, 1791) sensu 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): 564 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Callista nimbosa ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Conchology (Macrocallista nimbosa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrocallista nimbosa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Venus nimbosa [Lightfoot], 1786)
To Malacopics (Macrocallista nimbosa ([Lightfoot], 1786) United States, Florida, ex coll. J. Trause...
To Malacopics (Macrocallista nimbosa ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Callista nimbosa ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Conchology (Macrocallista nimbosa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrocallista nimbosa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Venus nimbosa [Lightfoot], 1786)
To Malacopics (Macrocallista nimbosa ([Lightfoot], 1786) United States, Florida, ex coll. J. Trause...
To Malacopics (Macrocallista nimbosa ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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