WoRMS taxon details

Sunetta Link, 1807

205567  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205567)

  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. Sunettinae (Subfamily)
  13. Sunetta (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Donax scriptus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Sunetta scripta (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Cuneus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Cuneus...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Cuneus da Costa, 1778 [Donacidae]
Meroe Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meroë Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling)
Sunetta (Solanderina) Dall, 1902 · unaccepted (same type species)
Sunetta (Sunemeroe) Iredale, 1930 · alternative representation
Sunetta (Sunetta) Link, 1807 · alternative representation
Sunetta (Sunettina) L. Pfeiffer, 1869 · alternative representation
Sunettina Jousseaume, 1891 · unaccepted (invalid; junior homonym of...)  
invalid; junior homonym of Sunettina L. Pfeiffer, 1869; Cyclosunetta is a replacement name

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  1. Species Sunetta adelinae Angas, 1868
  2. Species Sunetta beni H. Fukuda, Ishida, T. Watanabe, Yoshimatsu & Haga, 2021
  3. Species Sunetta bruggeni Fischer-Piette, 1974
  4. Species Sunetta concinna Dunker, 1865
  5. Species Sunetta crassatelliformis Haga & H. Fukuda, 2021 †
  6. Species Sunetta cumingii E. A. Smith, 1891
  7. Species Sunetta donacina (Gmelin, 1791)
  8. Species Sunetta effossa (Hanley, 1843)
  9. Species Sunetta gibberula (Tate, 1887) †
  10. Species Sunetta kirai M. Huber, 2010
  11. Species Sunetta langfordi (Habe, 1953)
  12. Species Sunetta menstrualis (Menke, 1843)
  13. Species Sunetta meroe (Linnaeus, 1758)
  14. Species Sunetta nomurai Haga & H. Fukuda, 2021 †
  15. Species Sunetta ovalis K. Martin, 1879 †
  16. Species Sunetta scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  17. Species Sunetta sinuosa O. Boettger, 1875 †
  18. Species Sunetta solanderii (J. E. Gray, 1825)
  19. Species Sunetta subexcavata O. Boettger, 1883 †
  20. Species Sunetta subquadrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
  21. Species Sunetta sunettina (Jousseaume, 1891)
  22. Species Sunetta vaginalis (Menke, 1843)
  23. Subgenus Sunetta (Meroe) Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Sunetta Link, 1807
    1. Species Sunetta (Meroe) concinna Dunker, 1865 accepted as Sunetta concinna Dunker, 1865 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Subgenus Sunetta (Meroena) Jukes-Browne, 1908 † accepted as Meroena Jukes-Browne, 1908 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Sunetta (Meroena) semisulcata (Lamarck, 1805) † accepted as Meroena semisulcata (Lamarck, 1805) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  25. Subgenus Sunetta (Solanderina) Dall, 1902 accepted as Sunetta (Sunettina) L. Pfeiffer, 1869 represented as Sunetta Link, 1807 (same type species)
  26. Species Sunetta aliciae A. Adams & Angas, 1864 accepted as Sunetta vaginalis (Menke, 1843) (junior synonym)
  27. Species Sunetta americana Doello-Jurado in Carcelles, 1951 accepted as Transenpitar americana (Doello-Jurado in Carcelles, 1951)
  28. Species Sunetta aurora Jousseaume, 1872 accepted as Sunetta donacina (Gmelin, 1791)
  29. Species Sunetta clessini Ancey, 1880 accepted as Sunetta solanderii (J. E. Gray, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Sunetta coerulescens Link, 1807 accepted as Sunetta scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  31. Species Sunetta contempta E. A. Smith, 1891 accepted as Sunetta sunettina (Jousseaume, 1891)
  32. Species Sunetta cumingii Fraser, 1865 accepted as Sunetta cumingii E. A. Smith, 1891 (nomen nudum)
  33. Species Sunetta kurachensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1895 accepted as Sunetta donacina (Gmelin, 1791)
  34. Species Sunetta meroë (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sunetta meroe (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
  35. Species Sunetta oblitterata Link, 1807 accepted as Sunetta scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  36. Species Sunetta perexcavata Fulton, 1930 accepted as Sunetta subquadrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
  37. Species Sunetta truncata (Deshayes, 1853) accepted as Sunetta concinna Dunker, 1865
  38. Species Sunetta tumidissima Tomlin, 1922 accepted as Sunetta solanderii (J. E. Gray, 1825)
  39. Subgenus Sunetta (Sunemeroe) Iredale, 1930 represented as Sunetta Link, 1807
    1. Species Sunetta (Sunemeroe) beni H. Fukuda, Ishida, T. Watanabe, Yoshimatsu & Haga, 2021 represented as Sunetta beni H. Fukuda, Ishida, T. Watanabe, Yoshimatsu & Haga, 2021
    2. Species Sunetta (Sunemeroe) crassatelliformis Haga & H. Fukuda, 2021 † represented as Sunetta crassatelliformis Haga & H. Fukuda, 2021 †
    3. Species Sunetta (Sunemeroe) cumingii E. A. Smith, 1891 represented as Sunetta cumingii E. A. Smith, 1891
    4. Species Sunetta (Sunemeroe) kirai M. Huber, 2010 represented as Sunetta kirai M. Huber, 2010
    5. Species Sunetta (Sunemeroe) langfordi (Habe, 1953) represented as Sunetta langfordi (Habe, 1953)
    6. Species Sunetta (Sunemeroe) menstrualis (Menke, 1843) represented as Sunetta menstrualis (Menke, 1843)
    7. Species Sunetta (Sunemeroe) nomurai Haga & H. Fukuda, 2021 † represented as Sunetta nomurai Haga & H. Fukuda, 2021 †
    8. Species Sunetta (Sunemeroe) sunettina (Jousseaume, 1891) represented as Sunetta sunettina (Jousseaume, 1891)
  40. Subgenus Sunetta (Sunetta) Link, 1807 represented as Sunetta Link, 1807
  41. Subgenus Sunetta (Sunettina) L. Pfeiffer, 1869 represented as Sunetta Link, 1807
    1. Species Sunetta (Sunettina) solanderii (Gray, 1825) represented as Sunetta solanderii (J. E. Gray, 1825)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 148 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sunetta Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205567 on 2025-04-01
Date
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2002-08-06 16:41:02Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2013-09-02 08:11:54Z
checked
Sartori, André F.
2013-09-06 08:30:31Z
changed
Sartori, André F.
2021-07-14 17:22:51Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2021-07-14 21:30:45Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 148 [details] 

original description (of Meroë Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details] 

original description (of Cyclosunetta Fischer-Piette, 1939) Fischer-Piette, E. 1939. Sur quelques espèces de Sunetta (Veneridae) et sur les divisions de ce genre. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 11: 142-146. [details] 

original description (of Meroe Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 49, 149 [details] 

original description (of Sunetta (Sunettina) L. Pfeiffer, 1869) Pfeiffer, L. (1868-1872). Die Familie der Venusmuscheln, Veneracea, nebst einen Anhange enthaltend die Chemnitz'schen Lucinen, Galaten und Corbis. <em>In: Küster, H. C., Ed. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Elften Bandes erste Abtheilung.</em> 11(1): 1-302, pls 4, 16-42 (publication dates: 1-56, pls 4, 16-24 [1868]; 57-176, pls 25-34 [1869]; 177-224, pls 35-38 [1870]; 225-302, pls 39-42 [1872])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34345539
page(s): 86. [details] 

original description (of Sunemeroe Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
page(s): 395, 407 [details] 

original description (of Sunettina Jousseaume, 1891) Jousseaume, F. (1891). Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> Sér. 2, 5, No 108: 207–209 [September, 1891]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5908236
page(s): 208. [details] 

original description (of Cuneus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Sunetta (Solanderina) Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 350. [details] 

basis of record Fukuda, H.; Ishida, S.; Watanabe, T.; Yoshimatsu, S.; Haga, T. (2021). The bivalve genus <i>Sunetta</i> Link, 1807 (Heterodonta: Veneridae) of Japan and the neighbouring waters – a taxonomic revision with the descriptions of three new species. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> DOI 10.1080/13235818.2021.1937016: 1-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2021.1937016 [details] 

Other

additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 156 [details] 

 
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Japanese ワスレガイ属 [from synonym]ベニワスレガイ属 [from synonym]  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Sunettina L. Pfeiffer, 1869)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cyclosunetta Fischer-Piette, 1939)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sunetta) 
To Genbank 
To Genbank (from synonym Cyclosunetta Fischer-Piette, 1939)
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