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 Dosiniinae

Dosinia Scopoli, 1777

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Artemis*	Conrad, 1831	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Arctoe*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Arthemis*	Poli, 1791	synonym
*Asa*	Basterot, 1825	synonym
*Dosinia (Asa)*	Basterot, 1825	synonym; alternate representation
*Dosinia (Pectunculus)*	da Costa, 1778	synonym; alternate representation
*Exoleta*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Pectunculus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym

Children

Dosinia erythraea Römer, 1860
Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dosinia glauca (Reeve, 1850)
Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description	Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle. Pp i-x + 1-506.
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	Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp.
redescription	Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dosinia Scopoli, 1777. 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:138636