WoRMS taxon details
Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791)
507778 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507778)
accepted
Species
Corbicula (Velorita) satparaensis Preston, 1914 · unaccepted
Corbicula satparaensis Preston, 1914 · unaccepted
Cytherea crassa Gray, 1825 · unaccepted
Cytherea impudica Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Cytherea ovum Hanley, 1845 · unaccepted
Meretrix exilis Römer, 1865 · unaccepted
Venus casta Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Venus creplini Dunker, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Venus casta Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3278 [details]
page(s): 3278 [details]
Note "India", without a precise locality
Type locality "India", without a precise locality [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507778 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cytherea crassa Gray, 1825) Gray, J. E. (1825). A list and description of some species of shells not taken notice of by Lamarck. <em>Annals of Philosophy.</em> new ser., 9(2): 134-140; 9(6): 407-415., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15880862
page(s): 137 [details]
original description (of Cytherea impudica Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 561 [details]
original description (of Cytherea ovum Hanley, 1845) Hanley, S. (1845). Descriptions of three new species of bivalve shells, of the genera <i>Cytherea</i> and <i>Venus</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13: 21-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862517 [details]
original description (of Venus casta Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3278 [details]
original description (of Venus creplini Dunker, 1852) Dunker, W. (1852). Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 9(4): 49-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300747
page(s): 61 [details]
original description (of Corbicula (Velorita) satparaensis Preston, 1914) Preston, H.B. (1914). Mollusca from the Chilka Lake on the east coast of India. Records of the Indian Museum, 10 (5): 297-310. Calcutta. [September].
page(s): 306, figs 22, 22a [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 137 [details]
original description (of Cytherea impudica Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 561 [details]
original description (of Cytherea ovum Hanley, 1845) Hanley, S. (1845). Descriptions of three new species of bivalve shells, of the genera <i>Cytherea</i> and <i>Venus</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13: 21-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862517 [details]
original description (of Venus casta Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3278 [details]
original description (of Venus creplini Dunker, 1852) Dunker, W. (1852). Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 9(4): 49-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300747
page(s): 61 [details]
original description (of Corbicula (Velorita) satparaensis Preston, 1914) Preston, H.B. (1914). Mollusca from the Chilka Lake on the east coast of India. Records of the Indian Museum, 10 (5): 297-310. Calcutta. [September].
page(s): 306, figs 22, 22a [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Preston, H. B. (1915). A further report on Mollusca from Chilka Lake on the East coast of India. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 11(4): 291-310., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11133043
page(s): 300 [details]
[request]additional source Preston, H. B. (1915). A further report on Mollusca from Chilka Lake on the East coast of India. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 11(4): 291-310., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11133043
page(s): 300 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality "India", without a precise locality [details]
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Conchology (Meretrix casta)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meretrix casta)
To GB Mollusca Types (Cytherea ovum Hanley, 1845; Syntype(s); LEEDM.C.1957.173.00756) (from synonym Cytherea ovum Hanley, 1845)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To Malacopics (Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791) Taiwan, Penghu, Taiwan Strait, by trawling, at 4 m de...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Conchology (Meretrix casta)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meretrix casta)
To GB Mollusca Types (Cytherea ovum Hanley, 1845; Syntype(s); LEEDM.C.1957.173.00756) (from synonym Cytherea ovum Hanley, 1845)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To Malacopics (Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791) Taiwan, Penghu, Taiwan Strait, by trawling, at 4 m de...
