African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Solen Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

138515 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138515)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Solenidae Lamarck, 1809

Parent

Solenidae Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Solen Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (22)

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Species Solen acutangulus Dunker, 1868
Species Solen capensis P. Fischer, 1881
Species Solen ceylonensis Leach, 1814
Species Solen crosnieri Cosel, 1989
Species Solen cylindraceus Hanley, 1843
Species Solen guinensis Hanley, 1842
Species Solen lischkeanus Dunker, 1865
Species Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799
Species Solen roseomaculatus Pilsbry, 1901
Species Solen sloanii Hanley, 1842
Species Solen strictus A. A. Gould, 1861
Species Solen vaginoides Lamarck, 1818
Species Solen woodwardi Dunker, 1862
Species Solen alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Solen capensis P. Fischer, 1881 (synonym)
Species Solen aspersus Dunker, 1862 accepted as Solen vaginoides Lamarck, 1818 (synonym)
Species Solen ceylanensis [sic] accepted as Solen ceylonensis Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Solen correctus Iredale, 1924 accepted as Solen vaginoides Lamarck, 1818 (junior subjective synonym)
Species Solen gouldi Conrad, 1868 accepted as Solen strictus A. A. Gould, 1861 (synonym)
Species Solen guinaicus Cosel, 1993 accepted as Solen guinensis Hanley, 1842 (unnecessary replacement name for Solen guinensis Hanley, 1842, by Cosel believed to be a junior homonym of S. guineensis W. Wood, 1815)
Species Solen marginatus F. C. L. Koch, 1843 accepted as Solen capensis P. Fischer, 1881 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799)
Species Solen truncata W. Wood, 1815 accepted as Solen ceylonensis Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Solen truncatus W. Wood, 1815 sensu R. A. Philippi, 1843 accepted as Solen guinensis Hanley, 1842 (unaccepted > misapplication)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 645, 672 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Solen Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138515 on 2026-08-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Solen Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138515 on 2026-08-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2013-01-18 21:50:53Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-04-03 10:15:53Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-02-20 09:00:42Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 645, 672 [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Solen)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

Eben (1884, plaat 6)

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