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Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 685 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Distribution Venus verrucosa occurs along the west coast of Scotland, the southwest of Ireland, the Irish Sea, the English Channel,...  
Distribution Venus verrucosa occurs along the west coast of Scotland, the southwest of Ireland, the Irish Sea, the English Channel, Brittany (France), the Bay of Biscay south to the Iberian Peninsula, into the Mediterranean, to Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Islands, and down the western coast of Africa to Senegal, rarer in the south and again more common southward from Angola to Namibia, South Africa and even to KwaZulu-Natal. Not recorded from Sierra Leone to Cameroon. [details]

Nomenclature ICZN opinion195: specific name of type species of Venus Linnaeus, 1758  
Nomenclature ICZN opinion195: specific name of type species of Venus Linnaeus, 1758 [details]
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 685 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Pectunculus strigatus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 185-187; pl. 12 fig. 1 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Venus (Anaitis) intersculpta G. B. Sowerby III, 1904) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1904). Mollusca of South Africa (Pelecypoda). <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 4: 1-19, pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15957092
page(s): 11, pl. 7 fig. 2 [details]   

original description  (of Venus lemanii Payraudeau, 1826) Payraudeau, B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'Ile de Corse; avec huit planches représentant quatre-vingt-huit espèces, dont soixante-huit nouvelles. Imprimerie de J. Tastu, Paris, vii + 218 pp., pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12944
page(s): 53-54, pl. 1 fig 29-31 [details]   

original description  (of Venus nodosa Dunker, 1853) Dunker, W. (1853). <i>Index molluscorum, quae in itinere ad Guineam inferiorem collegit Georgius Tams Med. Dr.</i>. Cassel, Th. Fischer, vi + 74 pp., 10 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50134
page(s): 57-58 [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]   

original description  (of Venus subcordata Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp;; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]   

original description  (of Venus tuberosa Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 99 [details]   

original description  (of Venus verrucosa var. capensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1889). Some further notes on marine shells collected at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(1): 6-15, pl. 1. [9 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31566804
page(s): 14 [details]   

original description  (of Venus verrucosa var. albolimbata Brusina, 1891) Brusina, S. (1891). Imenik morskih ljušturnjaka okoline Zadarske Dr. F. Danila i G.B. Sandrija sa uvodom od S. Brusine. Elenco dei Molluschi lamellibranchiati dei dintorni di Zara del Dr. F. Danilo e G.B. Sandri con introduzione di S. Brusina. <em>Glasnik Hrvatskog Naravoslovnog Društva.</em> 6: 82-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11378034
page(s): 108 [details]   

original description  (of Venus verrucosa var. rosea Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 398 [details]   

original description  (of Venus verrucosa var. aegyptiaca Pallary, 1912) Pallary, P. (1912). Catalogue des mollusques du littoral méditerranéen de l'Egypte. <em>Mémoires de l'Institut d'Egypte.</em> 7(3): 69-207, pls 15-18., available online at http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/meminstitutegyptien1914
page(s): 168, 198, pl. 17 figs 1-2. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Venus verrucosa var. transversa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 369 [details]   

original description  (of Venus verrucosa var. inaequivalvis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 369 [details]   

original description  (of Venus verrucosa var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 369 [details]   

original description  (of Venus verrucosa var. tumida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 369 [details]   

original description  (of Venus damasoi T. Cossignani, 2015) Cossignani T. (2015). <i>Venus damasoi</i> sp. nov. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 88: 17. [details]   

original description  (of Venus verrucosa var. ornata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 369 [details]   

basis of record 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. [details]   

additional source 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. [details]   

additional source Tirado, C.; Salas, C.; Márquez, I. (2003). Reproduction of Venus verrucosa L., 1758 (Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the littoral of Málaga (southern Spain). <em>Fisheries Research.</em> 63(3): 437-445., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-7836(03)00106-1 [details]   

additional source Uvanović, H.; Schöne, B. R.; Markulin, K.; Janeković, I.; Peharda, M. (2021). Venerid bivalve Venus verrucosa as a high-resolution archive of seawater temperature in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.</em> 561: 110057., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110057 [details]   

additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]   

additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 193 [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[details]   

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
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Distribution Venus verrucosa occurs along the west coast of Scotland, the southwest of Ireland, the Irish Sea, the English Channel, Brittany (France), the Bay of Biscay south to the Iberian Peninsula, into the Mediterranean, to Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Islands, and down the western coast of Africa to Senegal, rarer in the south and again more common southward from Angola to Namibia, South Africa and even to KwaZulu-Natal. Not recorded from Sierra Leone to Cameroon. [details]

Nomenclature ICZN opinion195: specific name of type species of Venus Linnaeus, 1758 [details]
LanguageName 
Albanian venusi me lytha  [details]
Catalan escopinya gravada  [details]
Dutch wrattige venusschelp  [details]
English warty venus shellwarty venusclam  [details]
French praire communepraire  [details]
German Venusmuschelrauhe venusmushel  [details]
Italian tartufo di mare  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Κυδώνι  [details]
Portuguese pé-de-burro  [details]
Spanish escupiña grabada  [details]

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