WoRMS taxon details
Tapes conspersus (Gmelin, 1791)
507906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507906)
accepted
Species
Paphia guttulata Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Tapes adspersa Römer, 1870 · unaccepted
Tapes dorsatus (Lamarck, 1818) · unaccepted
Tapes turgidula Deshayes, 1853 · unaccepted
Tapes watlingi Iredale, 1958 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Venus dorsata Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Venus litterata var. conspersa Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Venus ovulaea Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Venus turgida Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
marine
(of Venus litterata var. conspersa 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
page(s): 3293 [details]
page(s): 3293 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tapes conspersus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507906 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Paphia guttulata 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 [details]
original description (of Tapes adspersa Römer, 1870) Römer E. (1870-1872). Monographie der Molluskengattung <i>Venus</i>, Linné. Bd 2: Subgenus <i>Sunetta</i> Link, Subgenus <i>Tapes</i> Megerle von Mühlfeld. Cassel: Th. Fischer, 128 pp., 40 pls [pp. 1-64, pls 1-23, 1870; pp. 64-96, pls 24-33, 1871; pp. 97-128, pls 34-40, 1872]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12086979
page(s): 40 [details]
original description (of Tapes turgidula Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Tapes watlingi Iredale, 1958) Iredale, T. (1958). Some molluscan name changes. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.</em> 1956-57: 103-104.
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Venus ovulaea 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 [details]
original description (of Venus litterata var. conspersa 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
page(s): 3293 [details]
original description (of Venus turgida 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): 595 [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 Tapes adspersa Römer, 1870) Römer E. (1870-1872). Monographie der Molluskengattung <i>Venus</i>, Linné. Bd 2: Subgenus <i>Sunetta</i> Link, Subgenus <i>Tapes</i> Megerle von Mühlfeld. Cassel: Th. Fischer, 128 pp., 40 pls [pp. 1-64, pls 1-23, 1870; pp. 64-96, pls 24-33, 1871; pp. 97-128, pls 34-40, 1872]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12086979
page(s): 40 [details]
original description (of Tapes turgidula Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Tapes watlingi Iredale, 1958) Iredale, T. (1958). Some molluscan name changes. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.</em> 1956-57: 103-104.
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Venus ovulaea 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 [details]
original description (of Venus litterata var. conspersa 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
page(s): 3293 [details]
original description (of Venus turgida 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): 595 [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]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes) (from synonym Tapes dorsatus (Lamarck, 1818))
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Tapes adspersa Römer, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Tapes watlingi Iredale, 1958)
To Conchology (Tapes conspersus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tapes conspersus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tapes dorsatus) (from synonym Tapes dorsatus (Lamarck, 1818))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Tapes dorsatus (Lamarck, 1818))
To Malacopics (Tapes conspersus (Gmelin, 1791) Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay, low tide i...
To Malacopics (Tapes conspersus (Gmelin, 1791))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tapes dorsatus USNM 17614 (1)) (from synonym Tapes dorsatus (Lamarck, 1818))
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Tapes adspersa Römer, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Tapes watlingi Iredale, 1958)
To Conchology (Tapes conspersus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tapes conspersus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tapes dorsatus) (from synonym Tapes dorsatus (Lamarck, 1818))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To GenBank (29 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Tapes dorsatus (Lamarck, 1818))
To Malacopics (Tapes conspersus (Gmelin, 1791) Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay, low tide i...
To Malacopics (Tapes conspersus (Gmelin, 1791))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tapes dorsatus USNM 17614 (1)) (from synonym Tapes dorsatus (Lamarck, 1818))
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