BeRMS taxon details
Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758)
147021 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147021)
accepted
Species
Angulus donacinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 676 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 676 [details] Available for editors
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147021 on 2026-06-29
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147021 on 2026-06-29
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(of Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 676 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Lesport J.-F., Lozouet P., Pacaud J.-M., Rocher P., Renard P. & Favia R. (2019). Les Bivalvia de l'Aquitanien (Miocène inférieur) de Saucats "Lariey" (Gironde, Sud-Ouest France). 2.- Heterodonta (Première partie). <em>Cossmanniana.</em> 21: 3-99.
page(s): 35, pl. 15 figs 5-6 [details]
additional source Brunetti, M. M. & Della Bella, G. (2023). La Famiglia Tellinidae Blainville, 1814, nel Plio-Pleistocene dell'Europa meridionale, terza e ultima parte: i generi <i>Macomopsis</i> Sacco, 1901 e <i>Moerella</i> P. Fischer, 1887 con descrizione di quattro specie nuove. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 58(2): 188-213., available online at https://doi.org/10.53559/bollmalacol.2023.07
page(s): 202, figs 8E-G [details] Available for editors
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 590-591 [details]
page(s): 676 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Lesport J.-F., Lozouet P., Pacaud J.-M., Rocher P., Renard P. & Favia R. (2019). Les Bivalvia de l'Aquitanien (Miocène inférieur) de Saucats "Lariey" (Gironde, Sud-Ouest France). 2.- Heterodonta (Première partie). <em>Cossmanniana.</em> 21: 3-99.
page(s): 35, pl. 15 figs 5-6 [details]
additional source Brunetti, M. M. & Della Bella, G. (2023). La Famiglia Tellinidae Blainville, 1814, nel Plio-Pleistocene dell'Europa meridionale, terza e ultima parte: i generi <i>Macomopsis</i> Sacco, 1901 e <i>Moerella</i> P. Fischer, 1887 con descrizione di quattro specie nuove. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 58(2): 188-213., available online at https://doi.org/10.53559/bollmalacol.2023.07
page(s): 202, figs 8E-G [details] Available for editors
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 590-591 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | stralende platschelp | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (247 publications) (from synonym Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Moerella donacina)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Herm, Shell Beach , beach...
To Malacopics (Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758) Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen)
To Malacopics (Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758) Guernsey, Herm, Shell Beach, beached, collected ...
To Malacopics (Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zeeland, Domburg)
To Malacopics (Moerella donacina (Linnaeus,1758) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Ile Molène)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales (from synonym Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Angulus donacinus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (247 publications) (from synonym Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Moerella donacina)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Herm, Shell Beach , beach...
To Malacopics (Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758) Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen)
To Malacopics (Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758) Guernsey, Herm, Shell Beach, beached, collected ...
To Malacopics (Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zeeland, Domburg)
To Malacopics (Moerella donacina (Linnaeus,1758) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Ile Molène)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales (from synonym Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Angulus donacinus (Linnaeus, 1758))
