MolluscaBase taxon details
Protapes gallus (Gmelin, 1791)
507880 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507880)
accepted
Species
Cytherea (Callista) ventricola K. Martin, 1879 † · unaccepted
Paphia (Protapes) gallus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Paphia gallus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Paphia malabarica (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tapes lentiginosa Reeve, 1864 · unaccepted
Tapes malabarica (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus gallus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Venus malabarica Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus rhombifera Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827 · unaccepted
marine
(of Venus gallus 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 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Protapes gallus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507880 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Tapes lentiginosa Reeve, 1864) Reeve, L. A. (1864). Monograph of the genus <i>Tapes</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pls 1-13 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pl. 2-6, January, 1864; pl. 7-11, February, 1864; pl. 1, 12-13, March 1864]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972321 [details]
original description (of Venus gallus 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 [details]
original description (of Venus rhombifera Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827) Bory de St.-Vincent [J.B.G.M.]. (1827). <i>Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers</i>. Tome 1: part 29, pp. 83-84, 133-180 [Livraison 98, 27 September 1827]. Paris: Vve Agasse [Date after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114203
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Venus malabarica Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): p. 174. [details]
original description (of Cytherea (Callista) ventricola K. Martin, 1879 †) Martin, K. (1879-1880). <i>Die Tertiärschichten auf Java, nach den Entdeckungen von Fr. Junghuhn.</i> Leiden: Brill. [Paleontologischer Theil, 1–126 (1879); 127–164, i–vi (plate captions) (1880); Allgemeiner Theil, 1–51 (1880); Anhang, 1–6 (1880); Title page and Vorwort, i–ix, [xi] (1880); pls. 1–28 and map (1880?)].
page(s): 100 [details]
context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Venus gallus 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 [details]
original description (of Venus rhombifera Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827) Bory de St.-Vincent [J.B.G.M.]. (1827). <i>Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers</i>. Tome 1: part 29, pp. 83-84, 133-180 [Livraison 98, 27 September 1827]. Paris: Vve Agasse [Date after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 207]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114203
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Venus malabarica Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): p. 174. [details]
original description (of Cytherea (Callista) ventricola K. Martin, 1879 †) Martin, K. (1879-1880). <i>Die Tertiärschichten auf Java, nach den Entdeckungen von Fr. Junghuhn.</i> Leiden: Brill. [Paleontologischer Theil, 1–126 (1879); 127–164, i–vi (plate captions) (1880); Allgemeiner Theil, 1–51 (1880); Anhang, 1–6 (1880); Title page and Vorwort, i–ix, [xi] (1880); pls. 1–28 and map (1880?)].
page(s): 100 [details]
context source (HKRMS) BU. (2013). Provision of services for field sampling, species identification and data analysis of benthic faunal communities of Hong Kong marin waters. Final report submitted to EPD. [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Protapes gallus)
To Conchology (Protapes gallus)
To Conchology (Protapes gallus)
To Malacopics (Protapes gallus (Gmelin, 1791) India, Tamil Nadu, Cuddalore, by fishing, collected 1983, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Conchology (Protapes gallus)
To Conchology (Protapes gallus)
To Malacopics (Protapes gallus (Gmelin, 1791) India, Tamil Nadu, Cuddalore, by fishing, collected 1983, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
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