Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Mactroidea > Family Mesodesmatidae > Genus Donacilla

Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mactra Linnaeus, 1767

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

DonacillaR. A. Philippi, 1836accepted genus name

Species group names

Amphidesma donacilla Lamarck, 1818 synonym
Donacilla cornea var. alboradiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895 synonym
Donacilla cornea var. biradiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895 synonym
Donacilla cornea var. crocea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895 synonym
Donacilla cornea var. nigroradiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895 synonym
Donacilla cornea var. transversa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895 synonym
Donacilla cornea var. variegata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895 synonym
Donacilla lamarcki R. A. Philippi, 1836 synonym
Donax elliptica Krynicki, 1837 synonym; nom. nud.
Donax plebeia Pulteney, 1799 synonym
Mesodesma donacilla (Lamarck, 1818) synonym
Mesodesma donacilla var. lurida Danilo & Sandri, 1856 synonym
Mesodesma donacilla var. nigrosignata Danilo & Sandri, 1856 synonym
Mesodesma donacilla var. nuculoidea Stossich, 1865 synonym
Mesodesma elongata Locard, 1891 synonym
Peronaea ramosa Poli, 1795 synonym
Tellina radiatula Brusina, 1870 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Greek: Αμμοκόχυλο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Донацила рогова

Literature

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

additional source

Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

additional source

Whiteley D.A.A., Owen D.F. & Smith D.A.S. (1997). Massive polymorphism and natural selection in Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791)(Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 62(4): 475-494

additional source

Micu, D. & Micu, S. (2006). Recent records, growth and proposed IUCN status of Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1795) from the Romanian Black Sea. Certetari Marine. 36, 117-132.

additional source

Linetskii, B. (2020). Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791) (Bivalvia: Venerida: Mesodesmatidae) in the northern Black Sea: New distribution records, shell size and colouration. Folia Malacologica. 28(3): 210-215.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791). 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:140350

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.
annex IV EU Habitat Directive Annex IV: Species of community interest in need of strict protection.

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