WoRMS name details
Venus litterata Gmelin, 1791
544563 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:544563)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (of Venus literata Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
- Subspecies Venus litterata maculosa Schreibers, 1793 accepted as Tapes literatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Venus litterata var. conspersa Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Tapes conspersus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Variety Venus litterata var. maculosa Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Tapes literatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Venus litterata var. nebulosa Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Tapes literatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Venus litterata var. punctata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Tapes literatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Venus litterata var. radiata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Tapes literatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Venus litterata Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=544563 on 2026-04-12
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Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
