MolluscaBase taxon details
Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
863029 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:863029)
accepted
Species
Callista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) † · alternative representation
Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venus maculata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Venus maculata 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.]. <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. Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=863029 on 2025-09-11
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(of Venus maculata 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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297]. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Callista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Megapitaria maculata PURPLE)
To Conchology (Megapitaria maculata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megapitaria maculata)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Venus maculata Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bermuda, sandy bottom, by SCUBA diving, at 3 m depth, collected 1978, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) United States, Florida, 95 miles W of Egmont Key, by dredging, at 72 m depth, collected November 1970, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Callista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Venus maculata Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Callista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Megapitaria maculata PURPLE)
To Conchology (Megapitaria maculata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megapitaria maculata)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Venus maculata Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Bermuda, sandy bottom, by SCUBA diving, at 3 m depth, collected 1978, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) United States, Florida, 95 miles W of Egmont Key, by dredging, at 72 m depth, collected November 1970, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Callista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Venus maculata Linnaeus, 1758)
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