WoRMS taxon details
Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778)
141908 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141908)
accepted
Species
Ortygia rugosa (Pennant, 1777) · unaccepted
Ortygia subcordata T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted
Ortygia sulcata T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted
Pectunculus striatulus da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted (original combination)
Venus (Chamelea) striatula (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted
Venus gallina striatula da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted (now considered a distinct...)
now considered a distinct species, not a subspecies of V. gallina
Venus gallina var. gibba Jeffreys, 1864 · unaccepted
Venus gallina var. triangularis Jeffreys, 1864 · unaccepted
Venus laminosa Laskey, 1811 · unaccepted
Venus lusitanica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Venus pallida W. Turton, 1822 · unaccepted
Venus pennantii Forbes, 1838 · unaccepted
Venus prideauxiana Couch, 1841 · unaccepted
Venus rugosa Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus striatula (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted (superseded generic combination)
marine
(of Pectunculus striatulus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; 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): 1191-192; pl. 12 fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 1191-192; pl. 12 fig. 2 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141908 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pectunculus striatulus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; 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): 1191-192; pl. 12 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Ortygia sulcata T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
original description (of Venus laminosa Laskey, 1811) Laskey, J. (1811). Account of North British Testacea. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 1: 370-414; pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45848884 [details]
original description (of Venus lusitanica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Venus pallida W. Turton, 1822) Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Venus pennantii Forbes, 1838) Forbes, E. (1838). Malacologia Monensis: a catalogue of the Mollusca inhabiting the Isle of Man and the neighbouring sea. Edinburgh: J. Carfrae and son pp. XII + 63 + 3 pl., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k99078x
page(s): 52; note: replacement name for Venus rugosa Pennant, 1777, non Linnaeus, 1771 [details]
original description (of Venus prideauxiana Couch, 1841) Couch, J. (1841) A Cornish Fauna; Being a Compendium of the Natural History of the County, Intended to Form a Companion to the Collection in the Museum of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. Part II, Containing the Testaceous Mollusks. Royal Institution of [details]
original description (of Venus gallina var. gibba Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 346 [details]
original description (of Venus gallina var. triangularis Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 346 [details]
original description (of Ortygia subcordata T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl 19 [details]
original description (of Venus rugosa Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London. i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 95, pl. 56 fig. 50 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 1191-192; pl. 12 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Ortygia sulcata T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
original description (of Venus laminosa Laskey, 1811) Laskey, J. (1811). Account of North British Testacea. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 1: 370-414; pl. 8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45848884 [details]
original description (of Venus lusitanica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Venus pallida W. Turton, 1822) Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Venus pennantii Forbes, 1838) Forbes, E. (1838). Malacologia Monensis: a catalogue of the Mollusca inhabiting the Isle of Man and the neighbouring sea. Edinburgh: J. Carfrae and son pp. XII + 63 + 3 pl., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k99078x
page(s): 52; note: replacement name for Venus rugosa Pennant, 1777, non Linnaeus, 1771 [details]
original description (of Venus prideauxiana Couch, 1841) Couch, J. (1841) A Cornish Fauna; Being a Compendium of the Natural History of the County, Intended to Form a Companion to the Collection in the Museum of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. Part II, Containing the Testaceous Mollusks. Royal Institution of [details]
original description (of Venus gallina var. gibba Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 346 [details]
original description (of Venus gallina var. triangularis Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 346 [details]
original description (of Ortygia subcordata T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl 19 [details]
original description (of Venus rugosa Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London. i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 95, pl. 56 fig. 50 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- From editor or global species database
- English Channel
- Ireland
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- Morocco
- North Atlantic Ocean
- North Sea
- Sea of Marmara
- Spain
- Unreviewed
- Greece
- Ireland
- North Atlantic Ocean
- North Sea
- Skagerrak
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | almindelig venusmusling | [details] |
| Dutch | venusschelpgewone venusschelp | [details] |
| English | striped venus clamstriped venus | [details] |
| German | Venusmuschel [from synonym]gestreifte Venusmuschel | [details] |
| Swedish | finräfflad venusmussla | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (48 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (125 publications) (from synonym Venus striatula (da Costa, 1778))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Conchology (Chamelea striatula)
To Conchology (Chamelea striatula)
To Conchology (Chamelea striatula)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chamelea striatula)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Pectunculus striatulus da Costa, 1778)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To NHMUK collection (Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778); NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9473934)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ortygia sulcata T. Brown, 1827)
To PESI (from synonym Venus laminosa Laskey, 1811)
To PESI (from synonym Venus lusitanica Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Venus pallida W. Turton, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Venus prideauxiana Couch, 1841)
To PESI (from synonym Venus gallina var. gibba Jeffreys, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Venus gallina var. triangularis Jeffreys, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Venus rugosa Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus striatulus da Costa, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (125 publications) (from synonym Venus striatula (da Costa, 1778))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Conchology (Chamelea striatula)
To Conchology (Chamelea striatula)
To Conchology (Chamelea striatula)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chamelea striatula)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Pectunculus striatulus da Costa, 1778)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To NHMUK collection (Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778); NON-TYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9473934)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ortygia sulcata T. Brown, 1827)
To PESI (from synonym Venus laminosa Laskey, 1811)
To PESI (from synonym Venus lusitanica Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Venus pallida W. Turton, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Venus prideauxiana Couch, 1841)
To PESI (from synonym Venus gallina var. gibba Jeffreys, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Venus gallina var. triangularis Jeffreys, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Venus rugosa Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus striatulus da Costa, 1778)
