WoRMS taxon details
Ervilia nitens (Montagu, 1808)
420912 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420912)
accepted
Species
Amphidesma purpurascens Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Ervilia californica Dall, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ervilia concentrica A. Gould, 1862 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Ervilia maculosa Dall, 1896 · unaccepted
Ervilia nitens venezuelana Weisbord, 1964 · unaccepted
Ervilia rostratula Rehder, 1943 · unaccepted
Mya nitens Montagu, 1808 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Ervilia nitens venezuelana Weisbord, 1964 accepted as Ervilia nitens (Montagu, 1808)
marine
(of Mya nitens Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744
page(s): 165 [details]
page(s): 165 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ervilia nitens (Montagu, 1808). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420912 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amphidesma purpurascens Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 493 [details]
original description (of Ervilia californica Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 414 [details]
original description (of Ervilia concentrica A. Gould, 1862) Gould, A. A. (1862). Descriptions of new genera and species of shells. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 8: 280-284., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492694
page(s): 281. [details]
original description (of Ervilia maculosa Dall, 1896) Dall, W. H. (1896). On the American species of <i>Ervilia</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 10(3): 25-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1818958
page(s): 26 [details]
original description (of Ervilia rostratula Rehder, 1943) Rehder, H. A. (1943). New marine mollusks from the Antillean Region. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 93(3161): 187-203, pls 19-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7294281
page(s): 189, pl. 19 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Mya nitens Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744
page(s): 165 [details]
original description (of Ervilia nitens venezuelana Weisbord, 1964) Weisbord, N. E. (1964). Late Cenozoic pelecypods from northern Venezuela. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 45: 1-564., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10656155
page(s): 387, pl. 55, fig. 9-14, pl. 56, fig. 1-8 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 493 [details]
original description (of Ervilia californica Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Diagnoses of new species of marine bivalve mollusks from the northwest coast of America in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 52 (2183): 393-417., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765696
page(s): 414 [details]
original description (of Ervilia concentrica A. Gould, 1862) Gould, A. A. (1862). Descriptions of new genera and species of shells. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 8: 280-284., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492694
page(s): 281. [details]
original description (of Ervilia maculosa Dall, 1896) Dall, W. H. (1896). On the American species of <i>Ervilia</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 10(3): 25-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1818958
page(s): 26 [details]
original description (of Ervilia rostratula Rehder, 1943) Rehder, H. A. (1943). New marine mollusks from the Antillean Region. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 93(3161): 187-203, pls 19-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7294281
page(s): 189, pl. 19 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Mya nitens Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744
page(s): 165 [details]
original description (of Ervilia nitens venezuelana Weisbord, 1964) Weisbord, N. E. (1964). Late Cenozoic pelecypods from northern Venezuela. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 45: 1-564., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10656155
page(s): 387, pl. 55, fig. 9-14, pl. 56, fig. 1-8 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Bermuda)
Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [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) [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 149 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. <em>Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad.</em> Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 142 [details]
additional source de Rooij-Schuiling, L. A. (1973). A preliminary report on systematics and distribution of the genus <i>Ervilia</i> Turton, 1822 (Mesodesmatidae, Bivalvia). <em>Malacologia.</em> 14: 235-241. [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 139(1): 1-27.
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 151-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584869
page(s): 164 [details]
subsequent type designation Morton, B. & Scott, P. H. (1990). Relocation of <i>Ervilia</i> Turton, 1822 (Bivalvia) from the Mesodesmatidae (Mesodesmatoidea) to the Semelidae (Tellinoidea). <em>The Veliger.</em> 33(3): 299-304., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42465467
note: lectotype designated [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) [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 149 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. <em>Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad.</em> Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 142 [details]
additional source de Rooij-Schuiling, L. A. (1973). A preliminary report on systematics and distribution of the genus <i>Ervilia</i> Turton, 1822 (Mesodesmatidae, Bivalvia). <em>Malacologia.</em> 14: 235-241. [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M. (2025). A taxonomic update for "Seashells of Southern Florida – Bivalves" (Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2007) with nomenclatural notes on other bivalve species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 139(1): 1-27.
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 151-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584869
page(s): 164 [details]
subsequent type designation Morton, B. & Scott, P. H. (1990). Relocation of <i>Ervilia</i> Turton, 1822 (Bivalvia) from the Mesodesmatidae (Mesodesmatoidea) to the Semelidae (Tellinoidea). <em>The Veliger.</em> 33(3): 299-304., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42465467
note: lectotype designated [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Mya nitens Montagu, 1808)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Ervilia concentrica A. Gould, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ervilia maculosa Dall, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ervilia californica Dall, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ervilia rostratula Rehder, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To Malacopics (Ervilia nitens (Montagu,188) Bahamas, City of Freeport, Bell Channel, by dredging, ...
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Ervilia californica Dall, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Ervilia rostratula Rehder, 1943)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Ervilia maculosa Dall, 1896)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Ervilia concentrica A. Gould, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ervilia maculosa Dall, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ervilia californica Dall, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ervilia rostratula Rehder, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To Malacopics (Ervilia nitens (Montagu,188) Bahamas, City of Freeport, Bell Channel, by dredging, ...
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Ervilia californica Dall, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Ervilia rostratula Rehder, 1943)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Ervilia maculosa Dall, 1896)
To ITIS
