WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Venus deshayesii Hanley, 1846) Hanley, S. (1842-1856). An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of Recent bivalve shells, with 960 figures by Wood and Sowerby forming and Appendix to the Index Testaceologicus. Williams and Norgate, London. pp. i-xviii, 1-392, 1-8 (Systematic list of the shells figured in this work), 1-24 (A list of the species delineated in the supplementary plates), pl. 1-24., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122011 page(s): text 363 [1856], plate explanation 13 [1846], pl. 16 fig. 35 [1844].; note: The plate explanation is the valid introduction of this name, see Coan & Kabat, 2012: 320. [details]
original description
(of Venus rodatzi Dunker, 1849) Dunker, W. (1849). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(12): 177-186. [published April 1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292371 page(s): 185. [details]
basis of record
Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. <i>Faune des colonies françaises</i>, 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Oliver, P. G. (1992). Bivalved seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden: Christa Hemmen. pp. 1-330. page(s): 189, pl. 43 fig. 3a-b. [details]
additional source
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 200 [details]
additional source
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 242 [details]
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) note: treated as synonym of Tapes sulcarius. [details]
additional source
Matsukuma, A. (1986). Studies on the Kawamura Collection (Mollusca) in the National Science Museum, Tokyo- III. Genus Tapes Megerle, 1811 (Bivalvia), with Description of a New Species. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 45(1):11-30. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Lamy, E. (1930). Les <i>Venus</i> et les <i>Tapes</i> de la Mer Rouge (d'après les matériaux recueillis par le Dr. Jousseaume). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> (2) 2 (2): 224-228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52082514 page(s): 226. [details]
status source
Blatterer H. (2019). Mollusca of the Dahab region (Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea). <em>Denisia.</em> 43: 1-480., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/DENISIA_0043_0001-0480.pdf page(s): 141, pl. 58 figs 27a-n. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Treated as a synonym of Tapes sulcarius by Huber (2010), but Kilburn & Rippey (1982) showed that there are consistent differences in sympatry. [details]
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