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 > Genus Dosinia

Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dosinia*	Scopoli, 1777	accepted genus name
*Artemis*	Conrad, 1831	junior homonym
*Arctoe*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Arthemis*	Poli, 1791	synonym
*Asa*	Basterot, 1825	synonym
*Dosinia (Asa)*	Basterot, 1825	synonym
*Dosinia (Pectunculus)*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Exoleta*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Pectunculus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym

Species group names

*Arctoe fulva*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Dosinia complanata*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Dosinia exoleta var. castanea*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Dosinia exoleta var. interrupta*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Dosinia exoleta var. major*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Dosinia exoleta var. parcipicta*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Dosinia exoleta var. ponderosa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Dosinia exoleta var. radians*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Dosinia exoleta var. zonata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Exoleta orbiculata*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Exoleta radula*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Pectunculus capillaceus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Venus exoleta*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: dosiniamusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: artemisschelp; gewone artemisschelp 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.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: rayed artemis; rayed dosinia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;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.

Galician: reló

German: Artemismuschel; Gemeine Artmuschel; Nordische Venusmuschel sources: 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: Στρογγυλή αχιβάδα; Ψευτοχάβαρο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: lupino

Norwegian Bokmål: sirkelskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: sirkelskjel

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	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	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.
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

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dosinia exoleta (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:141911