African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758

AfReMaS taxon details

Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

141936 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141936)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Venus Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Venus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

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): 685 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venus verrucosa 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) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141936 on 2026-09-01

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. Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141936 on 2026-09-01

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

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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): 685 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Nolf, F. (2021). About the enigmatic Venus simulans G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: a comparative study of the morphological variations in Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic waters. Neptunea. 15 (3): 13-23. [details] Available for editors

additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors

additional source 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]

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 193 [details]

additional source Nolf, F. (2021). About the enigmatic Venus simulans G.B. Sowerby I, 1844: a comparative study of the morphological variations in Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic waters. Neptunea. 15 (3): 13-23. [details] Available for editors

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]

additional source Tirado, C.; Salas, C.; Márquez, I. (2003). Reproduction of Venus verrucosa L., 1758 (Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the littoral of Málaga (southern Spain). Fisheries Research. 63(3): 437-445., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-7836(03)00106-1 [details]

additional source Uvanović, H.; Schöne, B. R.; Markulin, K.; Janeković, I.; Peharda, M. (2021). Venerid bivalve Venus verrucosa as a high-resolution archive of seawater temperature in the Mediterranean Sea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 561: 110057., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110057 [details]

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]