WoRMS taxon details
Meretrix Lamarck, 1799
204011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204011)
accepted
Genus
Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Circe (Cytherea) Lamarck, 1805 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cytheraea Lamarck, 1805 · unaccepted (alternative original spelling for...)
alternative original spelling for Cytherea Lamarck, 1805
Cytherea Lamarck, 1805 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Cytherea Fabricius, 1794 [Diptera] and Cytherea Röding, 1798
Cytherea (Meretrix) Lamarck, 1799 · unaccepted
Venus (Cytherea) Lamarck, 1805 · unaccepted
- Species Meretrix astricta (Reeve, 1864)
- Species Meretrix attenuata Dunker, 1863
- Species Meretrix aurora Hornell, 1917
- Species Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Meretrix lagiensis Thach, 2023
- Species Meretrix lamarckii Deshayes, 1853
- Species Meretrix lusoria (Röding, 1798)
- Species Meretrix lyrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
- Species Meretrix marisarabicum C. Martin & Matsukuma, 2020
- Species Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Meretrix morphina (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Meretrix petechialis (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Meretrix planisulcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)
- Species Meretrix subtrigona (Dunker, 1857)
- Species Meretrix taiwanica S.-T. Hsiao & S.-C. Chuang, 2023
- Species Meretrix tigris K.-Y. Lai & Y.-G. Nien, 2008
- Species Meretrix vestita (Reeve, 1864)
- Subgenus Meretrix (Agriopoma) Dall, 1902 accepted as Agriopoma Dall, 1902 (original rank)
- Subgenus Meretrix (Amiantis) P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Amiantis P. P. Carpenter, 1864
- Subgenus Meretrix (Callista) Poli, 1791 accepted as Callista Poli, 1791 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Meretrix (Callista) chione (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Meretrix (Eutivela) Dall, 1891 accepted as Tivela Link, 1807 (junior synonym)
- Species Meretrix (Eutivela) iheringi Dall, 1891 accepted as Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818) (junior synonym)
- Species Meretrix (Eutivela) perplexa Dall, 1891 accepted as Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818) (junior synonym)
- Subgenus Meretrix (Lioconcha) Mörch, 1853 accepted as Lioconcha Mörch, 1853
- Subgenus Meretrix (Pitar) Römer, 1857 accepted as Pitar Römer, 1857
- Species Meretrix (Pitar) intricata Dautzenberg, 1908 accepted as Hyphantosoma intricatum (Dautzenberg, 1908) (basionym)
- Species Meretrix (Pitar) mediterranea Dautzenberg, 1891 accepted as Pitar mediterraneus (Aradas & Benoit, 1872) (synonym)
- Species Meretrix affinis (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Pitar affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Meretrix arabica (Chemnitz, 1795) accepted as Circenita varia (Forsskål, 1775) (unavailable: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
- Species Meretrix aresta Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901 accepted as Agriopoma arestum (Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901)
- Species Meretrix chione (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Meretrix citrina (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Pitar citrinus (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Meretrix compressa Römer, 1866 accepted as Meretrix lamarckii Deshayes, 1853
- Species Meretrix culebrana Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901 accepted as Transennella culebrana (Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901)
- Species Meretrix exilis Römer, 1865 accepted as Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Meretrix florida (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Callista florida (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Meretrix gordonis Yokoyama, 1927 accepted as Microcirce dilecta (A. Gould, 1861)
- Species Meretrix hebraea (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Pitar hebraeus (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Meretrix iheringi Dall, 1891 accepted as Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818) (junior synonym)
- Species Meretrix intricata Dautzenberg, 1908 accepted as Hyphantosoma intricatum (Dautzenberg, 1908) (original combination)
- Species Meretrix labiosa Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Meretrix lentiginosa (Chemnitz, 1795) accepted as Circenita varia (Forsskål, 1775) (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
- Species Meretrix lineolata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854) accepted as Pitar lineolatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)
- Species Meretrix mediterranea Dautzenberg, 1891 accepted as Pitar mediterraneus (Aradas & Benoit, 1872)
- Species Meretrix perplexa Dall, 1891 accepted as Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818) (junior synonym)
- Species Meretrix reeveana (Hildago, 1903) accepted as Pitar laetus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Meretrix rudis (Poli, 1795) accepted as Pitar rudis (Poli, 1795)
- Species Meretrix rutila Sternheimer, 1957 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Meretrix simpsoni Dall, 1895 accepted as Pitar simpsoni (Dall, 1895) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Meretrix striata (Gray, 1838) accepted as Pitar striatus (Gray, 1838)
- Species Meretrix tumida G. B. Sowerby III, 1895 accepted as Costellipitar tumidus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895)
- Species Meretrix umbonella (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Callista umbonella (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Meretrix virgulata Tomlin, 1923 accepted as Meretrix lusoria (Röding, 1798)
- Species Meretrix grata Deshayes, 1853 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 85 [details]
page(s): 85 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Meretrix Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204011 on 2024-11-20
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original description
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Cytherea Lamarck, 1805) Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de]. (1805). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 7: 53-62, 130-139 [December 1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48531894
page(s): 132 [details]
original description (of Cytheraea Lamarck, 1805) Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de]. (1805). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 7: 53-62, 130-139 [December 1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48531894
page(s): 133 [details]
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Cytherea Lamarck, 1805) Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de]. (1805). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 7: 53-62, 130-139 [December 1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48531894
page(s): 132 [details]
original description (of Cytheraea Lamarck, 1805) Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de]. (1805). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 7: 53-62, 130-139 [December 1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48531894
page(s): 133 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | ハマグリ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meretrix)
To Genbank
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meretrix)
To Genbank
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