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WoRMS taxon details

Tapes sulcarius (Lamarck, 1818)

To MNHN Fossil collection (Tapes sulcarius (LAMARCK, 1818); Figuré; F.A26747)

AphiaID

215827 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215827)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Tapes Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

Original name

Venus sulcarius Lamarck, 1818

Synonymised names

Paphia sulcaria (Lamarck, 1818) · unaccepted

Venus deshayesiana Bianconi, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Venus sulcarius Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted

Venus variopicta Bianconi, 1856 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Venus sulcarius Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 596. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tapes sulcarius (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215827 on 2025-04-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

1997-11-21 08:42:41Z

changed

Fondo, Esther

2010-08-17 07:11:08Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-23 11:55:17Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2012-07-07 17:10:24Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Venus deshayesiana Bianconi, 1856) Bianconi, G. G. (1856). Specimina zoologica Mosambicana. Fasciculus IX. Memorie della Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna. sér. 1, 7: 403-412; pls. 23-25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7316901
page(s): 406 [details]

original description (of Venus sulcarius Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 596. [details]

original description (of Venus variopicta Bianconi, 1856) Bianconi, G. G. (1856). [Specimina zoologica Mosambicana]. Rendiconto dell'adunanza del 24 Gennaio 1856. Rendiconto delle Sessioni dell'Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna anno Accademico. 1855-56: 41-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6691052 [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Bonfitto A., Sabelli B., Tommasini S. & Herbert D. (1994). Marine molluscan taxa from Mozambique described by G.G. Bianconi and preserved in the Zoological Museum of the Univerity of Bologna. Annals of the Natal Museum 35:133-138. , available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/AJA03040798_235
page(s): 135-136, fig. 3 (lectotype Venus deshayesiana = Venus variopicta). [details] Available for editors

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additional source Matsukuma, A. (1986). Studies on the Kawamura Collection (Mollusca) in the National Science Museum, Tokyo- III. Genus Tapes Megerle, 1811 (Bivalvia), with Description of a New Species. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 45(1):11-30. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Fischer-Piette, E. (1968). Contribution à la connaissance des Veneridae du Mozambique. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. (2) 40 (4): 784-796, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55343957
page(s): 792, pl. 1 figs 5-7 (type specimen figured). [details]

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 200 [details]

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 242. [details]