WoRMS taxon details
Laternula laterna (Lamarck, 1818)
506748 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506748)
accepted
Species
Anatina cistella Reeve, 1863 · unaccepted
Anatina laterna Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (original combination)
Laternula lanterna [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine
recent + fossil
(of Anatina laterna Lamarck, 1818) Reeve, L. A. (1860-1863). Monograph of the genus <i>Anatina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pls 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pl. 2, December 1860; pls 1, 3-4, February 1863]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972041
page(s): pl. 1, species 7 [details]
page(s): pl. 1, species 7 [details]
Type locality contained in North Australia
type locality contained in North Australia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Laternula laterna (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506748 on 2026-08-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Anatina cistella Reeve, 1863) Reeve, L. A. (1860-1863). Monograph of the genus <i>Anatina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pls 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pl. 2, December 1860; pls 1, 3-4, February 1863]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972041
page(s): pl. 3, species 15 [details]
original description (of Anatina laterna Lamarck, 1818) Reeve, L. A. (1860-1863). Monograph of the genus <i>Anatina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pls 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pl. 2, December 1860; pls 1, 3-4, February 1863]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972041
page(s): pl. 1, species 7 [details]
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): 28, figs 13-14 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): pl. 3, species 15 [details]
original description (of Anatina laterna Lamarck, 1818) Reeve, L. A. (1860-1863). Monograph of the genus <i>Anatina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pls 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pl. 2, December 1860; pls 1, 3-4, February 1863]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972041
page(s): pl. 1, species 7 [details]
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): 28, figs 13-14 [details] Available for editors
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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 Beu, A. G. (2004). Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. <em>i>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand</i.</em> 34(2): 111-265., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2004.9517766
page(s): 184 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional 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 [request]
additional source Beu, A. G. (2004). Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. <em>i>Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand</i.</em> 34(2): 111-265., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2004.9517766
page(s): 184 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional 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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
