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Meretrix Lamarck, 1799

204011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204011)

  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. Meretricinae (Subfamily)
  13. Meretrix (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Meretricinae J. E. Gray, 1847
Cytherea Lamarck, 1805 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Cytherea...)  
junior homonym of Cytherea Fabricius, 1794 [Diptera] and Cytherea Röding, 1798

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  1. Species Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Species Meretrix affinis (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Pitar affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
  3. Species Meretrix arabica (Chemnitz, 1795) accepted as Circenita varia (Forsskål, 1775) (unavailable: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
  4. Species Meretrix florida (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Costacallista florida (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  5. Species Meretrix hebraea (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Pitar hebraeus (Lamarck, 1818)
  6. Species Meretrix lentiginosa (Chemnitz, 1795) accepted as Circenita varia (Forsskål, 1775) (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
  7. Species Meretrix lineolata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854) accepted as Pitar lineolatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)
  8. Species Meretrix reeveana (Hildago, 1903) accepted as Pitar laetus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  9. Species Meretrix striata (J. E. Gray, 1838) accepted as Pitar striatus (J. E. Gray, 1838) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  10. Species Meretrix umbonella (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Notocallista umbonella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 85 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Meretrix Lamarck, 1799. 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=204011 on 2026-09-14
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. Meretrix Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204011 on 2026-09-14
Date
action
by
2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2011-08-13 20:38:52Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2019-07-28 08:17:38Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2021-06-28 14:33:01Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

original description Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 85 [details] 

original description (of Cytherea Lamarck, 1805) Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de]. (1805). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 7: 53-62, 130-139 [December 1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48531894
page(s): 132 [details] 
 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meretrix) 
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