WoRMS name details

Venus erosa [Lightfoot], 1786

747108  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:747108)

  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 erosa (Species)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
brackish
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): p. 11, n. 220; p. 71, n. 1603; p. 186, n. 3961. [details] 
Status According to Huber (2015), this name is frequently misapplied to the cyrenid Geloina expansa. True Venus erosa Lightfoot,...  
Status According to Huber (2015), this name is frequently misapplied to the cyrenid Geloina expansa. True Venus erosa Lightfoot, 1786 is treated as nomen dubium, likely in the cyrenid genus Batissa (Huber, 2015: 811) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venus erosa [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747108 on 2025-04-05
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2014-01-25 06:31:38Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2017-05-11 22:15:58Z
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Bieler, Rüdiger

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Nomenclature

original description Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): p. 11, n. 220; p. 71, n. 1603; p. 186, n. 3961. [details] 

Taxonomy

status source Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297].
page(s): 806, 811 [details] 

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Status According to Huber (2015), this name is frequently misapplied to the cyrenid Geloina expansa. True Venus erosa Lightfoot, 1786 is treated as nomen dubium, likely in the cyrenid genus Batissa (Huber, 2015: 811) [details]

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