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Venus nodosa Dunker, 1853

544612 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:544612)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Veneroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Veneridae (Family)
  12. Venerinae (Subfamily)
  13. Venus (Genus)
  14. Venus nodosa (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior homonym of Venus nodosa Hermann, 1781)
Venus verrucosa simulans G. B. Sowerby I, 1844
Species
Venus Linnaeus, 1758
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Dunker, W. (1853). <i>Index molluscorum, quae in itinere ad Guineam inferiorem collegit Georgius Tams Med. Dr.</i>. Cassel, Th. Fischer, vi + 74 pp., 10 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50134
page(s): 57-58 [details] 
Note São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands  
Type locality São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Venus nodosa Dunker, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=544612 on 2026-07-09
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2010-11-10 15:53:17Z
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Tran, Bastien
2010-11-10 16:07:33Z
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Huber, Markus
2016-11-20 15:44:04Z
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Gofas, Serge
2025-01-09 07:37:48Z
changed
Schneider, Simon
2025-02-23 09:58:38Z
changed
Dekker, Henk

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Nomenclature

original description Dunker, W. (1853). <i>Index molluscorum, quae in itinere ad Guineam inferiorem collegit Georgius Tams Med. Dr.</i>. Cassel, Th. Fischer, vi + 74 pp., 10 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50134
page(s): 57-58 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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] 

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Type locality São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands [details]

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