WoRMS name details

Venus superba Guppy, 1873

544774  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:544774)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Veneroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Veneridae (Family)
  12. Venerinae (Subfamily)
  13. Venus (Genus)
  14. Venus superba (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Guppy, R. J. L. (1873). On new species of bivalve Molluska found at Cumana, Venezuela. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(2): 90-92, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078052
page(s): 91, pl. 3, fig. 2 [details] 
Type locality contained in Venezuela  
type locality contained in Venezuela (origin: native) [details]
, Note Cumana  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Cumana [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venus superba Guppy, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=544774 on 2025-04-04
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2010-11-10 15:53:17Z
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Tran, Bastien
2010-11-10 16:07:33Z
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Huber, Markus
2021-05-28 00:01:20Z
changed
Auffenberg, Kurt
2022-06-04 14:22:23Z
changed
Dekker, Henk
2024-04-29 01:58:08Z
changed
Auffenberg, Kurt

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Nomenclature

original description Guppy, R. J. L. (1873). On new species of bivalve Molluska found at Cumana, Venezuela. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(2): 90-92, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078052
page(s): 91, pl. 3, fig. 2 [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] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 374 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Publication date Date of description is unclear: 1873 or 1875? [details]

Type locality Cumana [details]

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