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WoRMS taxon detailsDonax variabilis Say, 1822
156776 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156776)
accepted
Species
Donax bella Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
Donax protracta Conrad, 1849 · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Donax protractus Conrad, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Donax roemeri R. A. Philippi, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Donax variabilis roemeri R. A. Philippi, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
Not documented
Distribution South of Chesapeake Bay to mid-east Florida but not southernmost Florida; southwest Florida around the Gulf of Mexico to...
Distribution South of Chesapeake Bay to mid-east Florida but not southernmost Florida; southwest Florida around the Gulf of Mexico to Campeche State. [details] Homonymy Preoccupied by Donax variabilis Schumacher, 1817, but conserved by ICZN Opinion 1057.
Homonymy Preoccupied by Donax variabilis Schumacher, 1817, but conserved by ICZN Opinion 1057. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Donax variabilis Say, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156776 on 2025-05-25
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Donax bella Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Donax</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pl. 1-9 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date:pl. 1-6, September 1854; pl. 7-8, October 1854; pl.9: June 1855]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120533 [details] original description (of Donax roemeri R. A. Philippi, 1849) Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria altera testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(7): 99-112 [January 1849]; 5(8): 123-128; 5(9): 129-144: 5(10): 145-150 [all March 1849]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292293 page(s): 147 [details] original description (of Donax protracta Conrad, 1849) Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fossil and Recent shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 1(4): 207-209., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35780297 page(s): 208-209 [details] basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] Otheradditional source
Johnson, C. W. (1924). Coquina bouillon. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 38(1): 32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525011 [details]
additional source Chanley, P. E. (1969). Larval development of the coquina clam, <i>Donax variabilis</i> Say, with a discussion of the structure of the larval hinge in the Tellinacea. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 19(1): 214-224., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1969/00000019/00000001/art00012# [details] Available for editors  [request]additional source Johnson, C. W. (1928). <i>Donax fossor</i>, not <i>Donax variabilis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 41(4): 140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519875 [details] additional source Jacot, A. P. (1929). Range of <i>Donax variabilis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 42(4): 142-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518929 [details] additional source Johnson, C. W. (1929). Further notes on <i>Donax fossor</i> and <i>Donax variabilis</i> Say. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 43(1): 28-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515070 [details] additional source Chanley, P. (1969). <i>Donax fossor</i>: a summer range extension of <i>Donax variabilis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 83(1): 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515265 [details] additional source Miller, W., III & Kooser, S. (1982). The distribution of <i>Donax variabilis</i> (Bivalvia) at Ship Island, Mississippi: some paleomalacological aspects. <em>The Veliger.</em> 96(3): 113-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497674 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution South of Chesapeake Bay to mid-east Florida but not southernmost Florida; southwest Florida around the Gulf of Mexico to Campeche State. [details]Homonymy Preoccupied by Donax variabilis Schumacher, 1817, but conserved by ICZN Opinion 1057. [details]
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