WoRMS taxon details
Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767)
138802 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138802)
accepted
Species
Arctica vulgaris Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Cyprina islandica var. crassior Jeffreys, 1864 · unaccepted
Cyprina islandica var. inflata Odhner, 1911 · unaccepted
Cyprina vulgaris G. B. Sowerby I, 1831 · unaccepted
Pectunculus crassus da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted
Venus buccardium Born, 1778 · unaccepted
Venus ferröensis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venus pitar Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1131 [details]
page(s): 1131 [details]
Distribution Arctic to Cape Hatteras
Distribution Arctic to Cape Hatteras [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138802 on 2024-11-21
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original description
(of Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1131 [details]
original description (of Arctica vulgaris Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 145 [details]
original description (of Pectunculus crassus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 183-184; pl. 14 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Venus buccardium Born, 1778) Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]; (Kraus)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Venus pitar Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 180 [details]
original description (of Cyprina islandica var. crassior Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 305 [details]
original description (of Venus ferröensis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 180 [details]
original description (of Cyprina islandica var. inflata Odhner, 1911) Odhner, N. 1911. Något om Göteborgstraktens sjöar och deras lägre djurlif.-- Fauna och Flora 6: 283-286. [details]
original description (of Cyprina vulgaris G. B. Sowerby I, 1831) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 32, [67], plate [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Witbaard R., Duineveld G.C.A. & de Wilde P.A.W.J. (1997). A long-term growth record derived from <i>Arctica islandica</i> (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from the Fladen Ground (Northern North Sea). <i>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 77</i>: 801-816 [details]
additional source Witbaard R., Duineveld G.C.A. & de Wilde P.A.W.J. (1999). Geographical differences in growth rates of <i>Arctica islandica</i> (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the North Sea and adjacent waters. <i>Journal of tha Marine Biological Association of the UK 79</i>: 907-915 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Witbaard, R. & Klein, R. (1994). Long-term trends on the effects of the southern North Sea beamtrawl fishery on the bivalve mollusc <i>Arctica islandica</i> L. (Mollusca, Bivalvia). <em>ICES Journal of Marine Science.</em> 51(1): 99-105., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.1994.1009 [details]
additional source Jones, D. S. (1979). The nemertean, <i>Malacobdella grossa</i>, in the ocean quahog, <i>Arctica islandica</i> (Bivalvia). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 93(1): 29-30, fig. 1., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34226 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Dahlgren, T. G.; Weinberg, J. R.; Halanych, K. M. (2000). Phylogeography of the ocean quahog (<i>Arctica islandica</i>): influences of paleoclimate on genetic diversity and species range. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 137(3): 487-495., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270000342 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lutz, R. A.; Mann, R.; Goodsell, J. G.; Castagna, M. (1982). Larval and early post-larval development of <i>Arctica Islandica</i>. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 62(4): 745-769., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400070314 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Russell, H. D. (1955). A new clam industry in New England. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 69(2): 53-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525218 [details]
additional source Landers, W. S. (1976). Reproduction and early development of the ocean quahog, <i>Arctica islandica</i>, in the laboratory. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 90(2): 88-92, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8276452 [details]
page(s): 1131 [details]
original description (of Arctica vulgaris Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 145 [details]
original description (of Pectunculus crassus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 183-184; pl. 14 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Venus buccardium Born, 1778) Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]; (Kraus)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Venus pitar Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 180 [details]
original description (of Cyprina islandica var. crassior Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 305 [details]
original description (of Venus ferröensis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 180 [details]
original description (of Cyprina islandica var. inflata Odhner, 1911) Odhner, N. 1911. Något om Göteborgstraktens sjöar och deras lägre djurlif.-- Fauna och Flora 6: 283-286. [details]
original description (of Cyprina vulgaris G. B. Sowerby I, 1831) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 32, [67], plate [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Witbaard R., Duineveld G.C.A. & de Wilde P.A.W.J. (1997). A long-term growth record derived from <i>Arctica islandica</i> (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from the Fladen Ground (Northern North Sea). <i>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 77</i>: 801-816 [details]
additional source Witbaard R., Duineveld G.C.A. & de Wilde P.A.W.J. (1999). Geographical differences in growth rates of <i>Arctica islandica</i> (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the North Sea and adjacent waters. <i>Journal of tha Marine Biological Association of the UK 79</i>: 907-915 [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Witbaard, R. & Klein, R. (1994). Long-term trends on the effects of the southern North Sea beamtrawl fishery on the bivalve mollusc <i>Arctica islandica</i> L. (Mollusca, Bivalvia). <em>ICES Journal of Marine Science.</em> 51(1): 99-105., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.1994.1009 [details]
additional source Jones, D. S. (1979). The nemertean, <i>Malacobdella grossa</i>, in the ocean quahog, <i>Arctica islandica</i> (Bivalvia). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 93(1): 29-30, fig. 1., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34226 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dahlgren, T. G.; Weinberg, J. R.; Halanych, K. M. (2000). Phylogeography of the ocean quahog (<i>Arctica islandica</i>): influences of paleoclimate on genetic diversity and species range. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 137(3): 487-495., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270000342 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lutz, R. A.; Mann, R.; Goodsell, J. G.; Castagna, M. (1982). Larval and early post-larval development of <i>Arctica Islandica</i>. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 62(4): 745-769., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400070314 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Russell, H. D. (1955). A new clam industry in New England. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 69(2): 53-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525218 [details]
additional source Landers, W. S. (1976). Reproduction and early development of the ocean quahog, <i>Arctica islandica</i>, in the laboratory. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 90(2): 88-92, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8276452 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions reaches 7.5 to 12.5 cm in size [details]Distribution Arctic to Cape Hatteras [details]
Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
Synonymy Originally described as Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | molboøsters | [details] |
| Dutch | noordkromp | [details] |
| English | ocean quahogIcelandic cyprineIceland cyprina | [details] |
| French | cyprine d'Islande | [details] |
| German | Islandmuschel | [details] |
| Italian | vongola oceanica | [details] |
| Norwegian | kuskjell | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | kuskjell | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | kuskjel | [details] |
| Russian | циприна исландская | [details] |
| Spanish | almeja de Islandia | [details] |
| Turkish | deniz tarağı | [details] |
BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications) (from synonym Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (520 publications) (from synonym Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
To Conchology (Cyprina islandica) (from synonym Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arctica islandica)
To GenBank (199 nucleotides; 168 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby, 1-15 km off Digby Ne...
To Malacopics (Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) Netherlands, Friesland, Vlieland, collected 1937...
To Malacopics (Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) Netherlands, Zeeland, Tholen, Gorishoek, sampled...
To Malacopics (Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) Norway, Nordland, Lofoten Islands, ex coll. J. T...
To Malacopics (Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus, 1767))
To PESI (from synonym Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767)
To PESI (from synonym Arctica vulgaris Schumacher, 1817)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus crassus da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Venus buccardium Born, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Cyprina islandica var. crassior Jeffreys, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 033067)
To ITIS
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications) (from synonym Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (520 publications) (from synonym Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
To Conchology (Cyprina islandica) (from synonym Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arctica islandica)
To GenBank (199 nucleotides; 168 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) Canada, Nova Scotia, Digby, 1-15 km off Digby Ne...
To Malacopics (Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) Netherlands, Friesland, Vlieland, collected 1937...
To Malacopics (Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) Netherlands, Zeeland, Tholen, Gorishoek, sampled...
To Malacopics (Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) Norway, Nordland, Lofoten Islands, ex coll. J. T...
To Malacopics (Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus, 1767))
To PESI (from synonym Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767)
To PESI (from synonym Arctica vulgaris Schumacher, 1817)
To PESI (from synonym Pectunculus crassus da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Venus buccardium Born, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Cyprina islandica var. crassior Jeffreys, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 033067)
To ITIS
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