original description
Römer E. (1857). Kritische Untersuchung der Arten des Mollusken-Geschlechts <i>Venus</i> bei Linné und Gmelin, mit Berücksichtigung der später beschriebenen Arten. Marburg. xiii + 135 p. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44076
page(s): 50. [details]
basis of record
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]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Introduced as replacement name for Donax scriptus Linnaeus, 1758, regarded by Römer to belong in the genus Venus. A name replaced before 1961 is permanently invalid, but the substitue name is not in present use, so the name scripta should be maintained (ICZN, Art. 59.3). [details]