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Venerupis geographica (Gmelin, 1791)

141931  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141931)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Veneroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Veneridae (Family)
  12. Tapetinae (Subfamily)
  13. Venerupis (Genus)
  14. Venerupis geographica (Species)
accepted
Species
Tapes (Pullastra) geographica (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tapes geographicus (Chemnitz, 1784) · unaccepted (published in a work rejected by...)  
published in a work rejected by ICZN Direction 1
Tapes geographicus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venus geographica Chemnitz, 1784 · unaccepted (published in a work rejected by...)  
published in a work rejected by ICZN Direction 1
marine
(of Venus geographica 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. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3293 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venerupis geographica (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141931 on 2025-09-11
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original description (of Venus geographica 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. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3293 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Venus tenorii O. G. Costa, 1830) Costa, O. G. (1830 ["1829"]). Catalogo sistematico e ragionato de' testacei delle Due Sicilie. Tipografia della Minerva, Napoli, pp. 1-8, i-cxxxii, pl. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13047696
page(s): xxxiv, xxxvii [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

status source Gofas, S.; Moreno, D.; Salas, C. (2011). Moluscos marinos de Andalucía: II. Clase Gastropoda (Heterobranchia), clase Bivalvia, clase Scaphopoda, clase Cephalopoda, glosario e índices. Servicio de Publicaciones e Intercambio Científico, Universidad de Málaga: Málaga. ISBN 978-84-9747-382-8. XII, 343-798 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 679; note: Treated as distinct from V. corrugata (Gmelin, 1791) with which it occurs sympatrically [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Synonymy Synonymised with Venerupis senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791) [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch tapijtschelp  [details]
To Conchology (Venerupis geographica) 
To Conchology (Venerupis geographica) 
To Conchology (Venerupis geographica) 
To Malacopics (Venerupis geographica (Gmelin, 1791) Italy, Liguria, Savona, Riviera di Ponente, Laigueglia, at 4 m depth, collected 1969-07, ex coll. J. Trausel .) 
Unreviewed
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