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 nux Gmelin, 1791

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

*Cytherea multilamella*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Venus nuciformis*	Locard, 1886	synonym

Literature

original description	Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6.
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	Tirado, C.; Rueda, J. L.; Salas, C. (2011). Reproductive cycles in Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of Venus nux Gmelin, 1791 (Bivalvia: Veneridae), from southern Spain. Journal of Shellfish Research. 30(3): 813-820.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venus nux Gmelin, 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:141935