Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Subfamily Venerinae > Genus Venus

Venus casina Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Venus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Venus (Ventricola)*	Römer, 1867	synonym

Species group names

*Circomphalus casina*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Cytherea cygnus*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Pectunculus membranaceus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Venus (Ventricola) casina*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Venus (Ventricola) casina var. albina*	Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906	synonym
*Venus casina var. albina*	Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906	synonym
*Venus casina var. aradasi*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venus casina var. corsicana*	Aradas & Benoit, 1872	synonym
*Venus casina var. globosa*	Benoit & Aradas, 1878	synonym
*Venus casina var. picta*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venus casina var. siciliana*	Aradas & Benoit, 1872	synonym
*Venus casinula*	Deshayes, 1835	synonym
*Venus consobrina*	Deshayes, 1854	synonym
*Venus cygnus*	(Lamarck, 1818)	synonym
*Venus discina*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Venus giraudi*	Gay, 1858	synonym
*Venus joenia*	Benoit & Granata, 1878	synonym
*Venus lactea*	Donovan, 1803	synonym
*Venus reflexa*	Montagu, 1808	synonym
*Venus rusterucii*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

French: praire sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Greek: Ψευτοκύδωνο

Literature

original description	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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
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	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
additional source	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.
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. Venus casina Linnaeus, 1758. 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:141934