Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Genus Venus

Venus casina Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

VenusLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Species group names

Circomphalus casina (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym
Cytherea cygnus Aradas & Benoit, 1872 synonym
Pectunculus membranaceus da Costa, 1778 synonym
Venus casina var. albina Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1906 synonym
Venus casina var. aradasii 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 in Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833 synonym
Venus consobrina Deshayes, 1853 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 (+) (-)

 Greek: Ψευτοκύδωνο

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

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

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.

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 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.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Venus casina Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141934

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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