MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Venus simulans G. B. Sowerby I, 1844) Darwin, C. R. (1844). Geological observations on the volcanic islands visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, together with some brief notices of the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. London: Smith Elder and Co, 175 pp. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?pageseq=1&itemID=F272&viewtype=image
page(s): 154 [details]
source of synonymy
Nolf, F. (2021). About the enigmatic <i>Venus simulans</i> G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: a comparative study of the morphological variations in <i>Venus verrucosa</i> Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic waters. <em>Neptunea.</em> 15(3): 13-23.
note: treated as a synonym of Venus verrucosa, contrary to Cosel & Gofas (2019) who recognize as a valid geographical subspecies [details]
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.
page(s): 852-853 [details]