MolluscaBase taxon details
Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791)
1148687 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1148687)
accepted
Species
Anatina bernicula E. Lamy, 1934 · unaccepted > unavailable name (unavailable name under ICZN Art. 11.5)
Anatina elegans R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted
Anatina limicola Reeve, 1863 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Anatina olar J. C. Jay, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Anatina peroni E. Lamy, 1934 · unaccepted > unavailable name (unavailable name under Arts 11.5...)
unavailable name under Arts 11.5 and 13.1.1
Anatina rostrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 · unaccepted
Anatina rostrata var. olorina E. Lamy, 1934 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Anatina truncata Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Laternula limicola (Reeve, 1863) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Laternula rostrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) · unaccepted
Laternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Laternula truncata (Lamarck, 1818) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Laternula vietnamense Thach, 2025 · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Laternula vietnamensis Thach, 2025 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mya anserifera L. Spengler, 1793 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solen spengleri Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Solen spengleri Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3228 [details]
page(s): 3228 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1148687 on 2026-06-27
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original description
(of Anatina truncata 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): 463 [details]
original description (of Anatina elegans R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). Descriptiones testaceorum quorundam novorum, maxime chinensium. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 1(11): 161-167., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291549
page(s): 161 [details]
original description (of Anatina bernicula E. Lamy, 1934) Lamy, E. (1934). Révision des <i>Anatina</i> vivants du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 78(3): 145-168., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5568047r
page(s): 161, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Anatina limicola Reeve, 1863) Reeve, L. A. (1860-1863). Monograph of the genus <i>Anatina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pls 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pl. 2, December 1860; pls 1, 3-4, February 1863]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972041
page(s): pl. 4, species 27 [details]
original description (of Anatina olar J. C. Jay, 1850) Jay, J. C. (1850). <i>A catalogue of the shells, arranged according to the Lamarckian system, with their authorities, synonymes, and references to works where figured or described, contained in the collection of John C. Jay</i>. Ed. 4. New York. 459 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13133875
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Anatina rostrata var. olorina E. Lamy, 1934) Lamy, E. (1934). Révision des <i>Anatina</i> vivants du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 78(3): 145-168., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5568047r
page(s): 164-165, pl. 1 fig. 2; note: name attributed by Lamy to Valenciennes [details]
original description (of Anatina peroni E. Lamy, 1934) Lamy, E. (1934). Révision des <i>Anatina</i> vivants du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 78(3): 145-168., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5568047r
page(s): 165, pl. 1, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Anatina rostrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1839). <i>A Conchological Manual</i>. G. B. Sowerby, London, v, 130 pp., 24 pls. [pre 23 February]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87826
page(s): 5, 118, fig. 69 [details]
original description (of Mya anserifera L. Spengler, 1793) Spengler L. (1793). Beskrivelse over et nyt Slægt af de toskallede Konchylier, forhen af mig kaldet Chæna, saa og over det Linnéiske Slægt <i>Mya</i>, hvilket nøiere bestemmes, og inddeles i tvende Slægter. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet.</em> 3(1): 16-69, pl. 2., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425119;view=1up;seq=24
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Solen spengleri Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3228 [details]
original description (of Laternula vietnamense Thach, 2025) Thach, N. N. (2025). New shells of Vietnam, Indonesia and some other countries. Recent & fossil. Seashells - Freshwater - Landshells. With 5 new genera & 208 new species, subspecies. The author and 48Hr Books Company. 188 pp. [published early November 2026].
page(s): 96, fig. 443 [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Taylor, J. D.; Glover, E. A.; Harper, E. M.; Crame, J. A.; Ikebe, C.; Williams, S. T. (2018). Left in the cold? Evolutionary origin of Laternula elliptica, a keystone bivalve species of Antarctic benthos. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 123(2): 360-376., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx144 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Taylor, J. D.; Glover, E. A.; Williams, S. T. (2026). Classification and relationships of living species of Laternulidae (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata): new light on lantern shells. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5771(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5771.1.1
page(s): 58, figs 34-38 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 463 [details]
original description (of Anatina elegans R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). Descriptiones testaceorum quorundam novorum, maxime chinensium. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 1(11): 161-167., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291549
page(s): 161 [details]
original description (of Anatina bernicula E. Lamy, 1934) Lamy, E. (1934). Révision des <i>Anatina</i> vivants du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 78(3): 145-168., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5568047r
page(s): 161, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Anatina limicola Reeve, 1863) Reeve, L. A. (1860-1863). Monograph of the genus <i>Anatina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pls 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pl. 2, December 1860; pls 1, 3-4, February 1863]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972041
page(s): pl. 4, species 27 [details]
original description (of Anatina olar J. C. Jay, 1850) Jay, J. C. (1850). <i>A catalogue of the shells, arranged according to the Lamarckian system, with their authorities, synonymes, and references to works where figured or described, contained in the collection of John C. Jay</i>. Ed. 4. New York. 459 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13133875
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Anatina rostrata var. olorina E. Lamy, 1934) Lamy, E. (1934). Révision des <i>Anatina</i> vivants du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 78(3): 145-168., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5568047r
page(s): 164-165, pl. 1 fig. 2; note: name attributed by Lamy to Valenciennes [details]
original description (of Anatina peroni E. Lamy, 1934) Lamy, E. (1934). Révision des <i>Anatina</i> vivants du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 78(3): 145-168., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5568047r
page(s): 165, pl. 1, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Anatina rostrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1839). <i>A Conchological Manual</i>. G. B. Sowerby, London, v, 130 pp., 24 pls. [pre 23 February]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87826
page(s): 5, 118, fig. 69 [details]
original description (of Mya anserifera L. Spengler, 1793) Spengler L. (1793). Beskrivelse over et nyt Slægt af de toskallede Konchylier, forhen af mig kaldet Chæna, saa og over det Linnéiske Slægt <i>Mya</i>, hvilket nøiere bestemmes, og inddeles i tvende Slægter. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet.</em> 3(1): 16-69, pl. 2., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425119;view=1up;seq=24
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Solen spengleri Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3228 [details]
original description (of Laternula vietnamense Thach, 2025) Thach, N. N. (2025). New shells of Vietnam, Indonesia and some other countries. Recent & fossil. Seashells - Freshwater - Landshells. With 5 new genera & 208 new species, subspecies. The author and 48Hr Books Company. 188 pp. [published early November 2026].
page(s): 96, fig. 443 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Taylor, J. D.; Glover, E. A.; Harper, E. M.; Crame, J. A.; Ikebe, C.; Williams, S. T. (2018). Left in the cold? Evolutionary origin of Laternula elliptica, a keystone bivalve species of Antarctic benthos. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 123(2): 360-376., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx144 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Taylor, J. D.; Glover, E. A.; Williams, S. T. (2026). Classification and relationships of living species of Laternulidae (Bivalvia, Anomalodesmata): new light on lantern shells. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5771(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5771.1.1
page(s): 58, figs 34-38 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Laternula truncata (Lamarck, 1818))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Laternula limicola (Reeve, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (70 publications) (from synonym Anatina truncata Lamarck, 1818)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Laternula truncata (Lamarck, 1818))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Exolaternula spengleri)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laternula truncata) (from synonym Laternula truncata (Lamarck, 1818))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Solen spengleri Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Laternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Laternula truncata (Lamarck, 1818))
To Malacopics (Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) Indonesia, Papua, Papua, Teluk Cendrawasih, J...
To Malacopics (Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Mactan Is...
To PESI (from synonym Anatina truncata Lamarck, 1818)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Laternula limicola (Reeve, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Laternula limicola (Reeve, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (70 publications) (from synonym Anatina truncata Lamarck, 1818)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Laternula truncata (Lamarck, 1818))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Exolaternula spengleri)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laternula truncata) (from synonym Laternula truncata (Lamarck, 1818))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Solen spengleri Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Laternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Laternula truncata (Lamarck, 1818))
To Malacopics (Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) Indonesia, Papua, Papua, Teluk Cendrawasih, J...
To Malacopics (Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Mactan Is...
To PESI (from synonym Anatina truncata Lamarck, 1818)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Laternula limicola (Reeve, 1863))
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