MolluscaBase name details
Venus verrucosa simulans G. B. Sowerby I, 1844
1391139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1391139)
unaccepted
Subspecies
Venus damasoi T. Cossignani, 2015 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus nodosa Dunker, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior homonym of Venus nodosa...)
junior homonym of Venus nodosa Hermann, 1781
Venus tuberosa Deshayes, 1853 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(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]
page(s): 154 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venus verrucosa simulans G. B. Sowerby I, 1844. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1391139 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
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] Available for editors
[request]
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]
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] Available for editors
[request]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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
