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MSBIAS taxon details

Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758

To Malacopics (Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura, Punta del Rincón, be...

AphiaID

141936 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141936)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Venus Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Venus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 685 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141936 on 2025-05-16

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141936 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

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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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 685 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Nolf, F. (2021). About the enigmatic Venus simulans G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: a comparative study of the morphological variations in Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic waters. Neptunea. 15 (3): 13-23. [details] Available for editors

additional source Nolf, F. (2021). About the enigmatic Venus simulans G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: a comparative study of the morphological variations in Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic waters. Neptunea. 15 (3): 13-23. [details] Available for editors

additional source Tirado, C.; Salas, C.; Márquez, I. (2003). Reproduction of Venus verrucosa L., 1758 (Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the littoral of Málaga (southern Spain). Fisheries Research. 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. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 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. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. , 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). 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]

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. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]