Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Lucinida > Superfamily Lucinoidea > Family Lucinidae > Subfamily Lucininae > Genus Loripes

Loripes orbiculatus Poli, 1795

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Loripes*	Poli, 1791	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Amphidesma lucinale*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Arctoe lineolata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Loripes lacteus*	(Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Poli, 1791	synonym
*Loripes lacteus var. angulata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896	synonym
*Loripes lacteus var. lenticularis*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896	synonym
*Loripes lucinalis*	(Lamarck, 1818)	synonym
*Lucina desmarestii*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Lucina elata*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Lucina lactoides*	Deshayes, 1846	synonym
*Lucina leucoma*	W. Turton, 1822	synonym
*Lucina luteola*	Deshayes, 1846	synonym

Literature

original description	Poli, J. X. (1795). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39.
basis of record	Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
basis of record	Huber M. (2015). 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. ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297].
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Loripes orbiculatus Poli, 1795. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:875379