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WoRMS taxon detailsDonax obesulus Reeve, 1854
494717 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494717)
accepted
Species
Donax (Chion) obesulus Reeve, 1854 · alternative representation
Donax (Serrula) radiatus Valenciennes, 1821 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Donax aricana Dall, 1909 · unaccepted
Donax mancorensis Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Donax marincovichi Coan, 1983 · unaccepted
Donax obesula Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted (incorrect grammatical agreement...)
incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet Donax peruviana Deshayes, 1855 · unaccepted (incorrect grammatical agreement...)
incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet Donax peruvianus Deshayes, 1855 · unaccepted
Donax radiata Valenciennes, 1821 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Donax...)
invalid: junior homonym of Donax radiatus Gmelin, 1791 with incorrect original gender ending. Donax aricanus is a replacement name
marine,
(of Donax obesula 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
page(s): pl. 5, sp. 30. [details]
Type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Donax obesulus Reeve, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494717 on 2025-05-22
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Donax marincovichi Coan, 1983) Coan, E. V. (1983). The Eastern Pacific Donacidae. <em>The Veliger.</em> 25(4): 273-298, 7 unnumbered plates (figs. 1-38)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42517183 page(s): 291 [details] original description (of Donax radiata Valenciennes, 1821) Valenciennes, A. (1821). Coquilles marines bivalves de l'Amerique Equinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM. de Humboldt et Bonpland .... pp. 217-224; pl. 48-50. <i>In</i>: Humboldt A. von & Bonpland A., Recueil d' observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée faites dans l'Ocean Atlantique, dans l'interieur du nouveau continent et dans La Mer du Sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Deuxième volume. Paris: Smith, and Gide. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30021547 page(s): 221 [details] original description (of Donax aricana Dall, 1909) Dall, W. H. (1909). Report on a collection of shells from Peru, with a summary of the littoral marine Mollusca of the Peruvian zoological province. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 37 (1704): 147–294, pl. 20-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15556390 page(s): 273 [details] original description (of Donax mancorensis Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909 page(s): 340 [details] original description (of Donax peruviana Deshayes, 1855) Deshayes, G. P. (1855). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 317-371 [pp. 317-320, 8 May 1855; 321-371, 16 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747744 page(s): 350. [details] original description (of Donax obesula 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 page(s): pl. 5, sp. 30. [details] Othercontext source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Carstensen D., Laudien J., Leese F., Arntz W. & Held C. (2009). Genetic variability, shell and sperm morphology suggest that the surf clams <i>Donax marincovichi</i> and <i>D. obesulus</i> are one species. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i> 75(4): 381-390. [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Donax marincovichi. Coan, 1983. Veliger 25 (4): 291-293, text-fig. 35 - catalog no. 313474) (from synonym Donax marincovichi Coan, 1983)
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Donax radiata Valenciennes, 1821) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Donax marincovichi Coan, 1983) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Donax peruvianus Deshayes, 1855) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Donax obesulus) To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 34 proteins) To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Donax marincovichi Coan, 1983) To Malacopics (Donax obesulus Reeve, 1854) |
