MolluscaBase taxon details
Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758
420902 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420902)
accepted
Species
Donax caianensis Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Donax cayennensis [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling of...)
incorrect subsequent spelling of Donax caianensis Lamarck, 1818
Donax denticulatus stephaniae Petuch, 1992 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Donax violacea Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Donax denticulatus stephaniae Petuch, 1992 accepted as Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420902 on 2025-09-11
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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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 683 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Donax violacea Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 184 [details]
original description (of Donax caianensis Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 550 [details]
original description (of Donax denticulatus stephaniae Petuch, 1992) Petuch, E. J. (1992). New mollusks from Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela, an isolated Caribbean atoll. <em>La Conchiglia.</em> 23 (262):5-11, 10 figs.
page(s): 11, fig. 12 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 148 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. <em>Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad.</em> Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 141 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 151-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584869
page(s): 163 [details]
page(s): 683 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Donax violacea Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 184 [details]
original description (of Donax caianensis Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 550 [details]
original description (of Donax denticulatus stephaniae Petuch, 1992) Petuch, E. J. (1992). New mollusks from Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela, an isolated Caribbean atoll. <em>La Conchiglia.</em> 23 (262):5-11, 10 figs.
page(s): 11, fig. 12 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 148 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. <em>Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad.</em> Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 141 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 151-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584869
page(s): 163 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Donax denticulatus)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Malacopics (Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758 Barbados, Morgan Lewis Beach, washed ashore, collected July 1968, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bonaire, collected 1972, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Donax denticulatus)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Malacopics (Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758 Barbados, Morgan Lewis Beach, washed ashore, collected July 1968, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bonaire, collected 1972, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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