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 verrucosa 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

*Pectunculus strigatus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Venus lemanii*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Venus subcordata*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Venus verrucosa var. aegyptiaca*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Venus verrucosa var. albolimbata*	Brusina, 1891	synonym
*Venus verrucosa var. inaequivalvis*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venus verrucosa var. major*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venus verrucosa var. mitzopoulosi*	Sakellariou, 1958	synonym
*Venus verrucosa var. ornata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venus verrucosa var. rosea*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Venus verrucosa var. transversa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venus verrucosa var. tumida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: venusi me lytha sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: escopinya gravada sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Dutch: wrattige venusschelp sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: clam; warty venus; warty venus shell sources: Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie;Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.

French: praire; praire commune 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.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

German: raue Venusmuschel; rauhe venusmushel; Venusmuschel; Warzige Venusmuschel sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Κυδώνι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: tartufo di mare

Portuguese: pé-de-burro sources: Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie

Spanish, Castillian: escupiña grabada

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	Nolf, F. (2021). About the enigmatic Venus simulans G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: a comparative study of the morphological variations in Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic waters. Neptunea. 15 (3): 13-23.
additional source	Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
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	Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.
additional source	Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
additional source	Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
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	Nolf, F. (2021). About the enigmatic Venus simulans G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: a comparative study of the morphological variations in Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic waters. Neptunea. 15 (3): 13-23.
additional source	Tirado, C.; Salas, C.; Márquez, I. (2003). Reproduction of Venus verrucosa L., 1758 (Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the littoral of Málaga (southern Spain). Fisheries Research. 63(3): 437-445.
additional source	Uvanović, H.; Schöne, B. R.; Markulin, K.; Janeković, I.; Peharda, M. (2021). Venerid bivalve Venus verrucosa as a high-resolution archive of seawater temperature in the Mediterranean Sea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 561: 110057.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

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External Links

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venus verrucosa 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:141936