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

Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ChameleaMörch, 1853accepted genus name
Ortygia T. Brown, 1827 later homonym
Ortygia T. Brown, 1827 synonym

Species group names

Venus gallina Linnaeus, 1758 basionym
Venus gallina Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
Venus gallina var. alba Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 synonym
Venus gallina var. articulata Pallary, 1900 synonym
Venus gallina var. flava Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 synonym
Venus gallina var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 synonym
Venus gallina var. minima Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 synonym
Venus nucleus Statuti, 1880 synonym
Venus nuculata Locard, 1892 synonym
Venus sinuata Born, 1778 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: venusi me shirita 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: rossellona sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.
 Dutch: 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: striped venus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English-United States: Striped Venus sources: Charles Hussey
 French: galinette; vénus sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;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.
 Greek: Χάβαρο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: chirla

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

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

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

Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (16 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Chamelea gallina (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:141907

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine

Importance

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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