WoRMS name details

Venus erosa [Lightfoot], 1786

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

uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
brackish
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess 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. (2024). MolluscaBase. Venus erosa [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747108 on 2024-09-22
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original description Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess 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 source Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves</i> 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 1-907, Excel listing of species.
page(s): 806, 811 [details]   
From editor or global species database
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]