MolluscaBase - Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

WoRMS taxon details

Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

224891 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224891)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Meretrix Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cytherea castanea Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted

Cytherea corpulenta Gray, 1838 · unaccepted

Cytherea ponderosa Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted

Meretrix labiosa Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted

Meretrix meretrix var. alba Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941 · unaccepted

Meretrix meretrix var. chenui Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941 · unaccepted

Meretrix meretrix var. fulva Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941 · unaccepted

Meretrix meretrix var. hidalgoi Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941 · unaccepted

Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

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Variety Meretrix meretrix var. alba Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941 accepted as Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Meretrix meretrix var. aurora Hornell, 1917 accepted as Meretrix aurora Hornell, 1917
Variety Meretrix meretrix var. bourdasi Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941 accepted as Meretrix attenuata Dunker, 1863
Variety Meretrix meretrix var. chenui Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941 accepted as Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Meretrix meretrix var. fulva Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941 accepted as Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Meretrix meretrix var. hidalgoi Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941 accepted as Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Meretrix meretrix var. reevei Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941 accepted as Meretrix lamarckii Deshayes, 1853

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758) 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): 686 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224891 on 2025-03-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-17 07:57:46Z

created

Mussai, Prakash

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

2012-07-14 19:34:51Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cytherea castanea Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 561 [details]

original description (of Cytherea corpulenta Gray, 1838) Gray, J. E. (1838). Catalogue of the species of the genus Cytherea, of Lamarck, with the description of some new genera and species. The Analyst. 8: 302-309., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15224965
page(s): 303 [details]

original description (of Cytherea ponderosa Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 150 [details]

original description (of Meretrix labiosa Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 122 [details]

original description (of Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758) 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): 686 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Meretrix meretrix var. alba Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941) Fischer-Piette, E. and Fischer, P. H 1941. Revision des espèces vivantes de Meretrix, s. s. du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. J. Conchyliol. 84: 313-344.
page(s): 326-327 [details]

original description (of Meretrix meretrix var. chenui Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941) Fischer-Piette, E. and Fischer, P. H 1941. Revision des espèces vivantes de Meretrix, s. s. du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. J. Conchyliol. 84: 313-344.
page(s): 322 [details]

original description (of Meretrix meretrix var. fulva Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941) Fischer-Piette, E. and Fischer, P. H 1941. Revision des espèces vivantes de Meretrix, s. s. du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. J. Conchyliol. 84: 313-344.
page(s): 322 [details]

original description (of Meretrix meretrix var. hidalgoi Fischer-Piette & P. H. Fischer, 1941) Fischer-Piette, E. and Fischer, P. H 1941. Revision des espèces vivantes de Meretrix, s. s. du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. J. Conchyliol. 84: 313-344.
page(s): 323 [details]

basis of record Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC
note: = Meretrix morphina [details]

Other

context source (HKRMS) Chan, B. K. K.; Caley, K. J. (2003). Hong Kong Field Guides 69: Sandy Shores. Hong Kong: Wan Li Book Co. [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): 244; note: = Meretrix morphina [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Nel, H.A., Perissinotto, R. & Taylor, R.H. (2012). Diversity of bivalve molluscs in the St Lucia estuary, with an annotated and illustrated checklist. African Invertebrates. 53(2): 503–525.
page(s): 524.; note: = Meretrix morphina [details]