MolluscaBase taxon details
Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777)
141929 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141929)
accepted
Species
Cytherea exilis Eichwald, 1830 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pasiphae pennantia Leach, 1852 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Timoclea (Timoclea) ovata (Pennant, 1777) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Timoclea ovata var. exilis (Eichwald, 1830) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Timoclea ovata var. minor (Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1909) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus alope Brusina, 1870 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (nomen nudum)
Venus myrrha Brusina, 1870 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (nomen nudum)
Venus ovata Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venus ovata var. lutea Jeffreys, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus ovata var. marmorata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus ovata var. minor Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1909 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus ovata var. paucicostata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus ovata var. transversa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus ovata var. trigona Jeffreys, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus pectinula Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
- Variety Timoclea ovata var. exilis (Eichwald, 1830) † accepted as Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Timoclea ovata var. minor (Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1909) † accepted as Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Venus ovata Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 97, pl. 56 fig. 56 [details]
page(s): 97, pl. 56 fig. 56 [details]
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original description
(of Venus ovata Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 97, pl. 56 fig. 56 [details]
original description (of Pasiphae pennantia Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 308 [details]
original description (of Venus pectinula Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [volume 5 of] Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. <em>Paris, Deterville.</em> vol 5: 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]
original description (of Venus alope Brusina, 1870) Brusina, S. (1870). Ipsa Chiereghinii Conchylia, ovvero contribuzione pella Malacologia Adriatica desunta dal manoscritto descrizione de' Crostacei, de' Testacei, e de' Pesci che abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto, rappresentati in figure, a chiaro-scuro ed a colori dall Abate S. Chiereghini ... illustrata da S. Brusina. <em>Pisa, Biblioteca Malacologica.</em> 280 pp., available online at https://archive.org/stream/ipsachiereghini00chiegoog
page(s): 78; note: ex Chiereghini ms. [details]
original description (of Venus myrrha Brusina, 1870) Brusina, S. (1870). Ipsa Chiereghinii Conchylia, ovvero contribuzione pella Malacologia Adriatica desunta dal manoscritto descrizione de' Crostacei, de' Testacei, e de' Pesci che abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto, rappresentati in figure, a chiaro-scuro ed a colori dall Abate S. Chiereghini ... illustrata da S. Brusina. <em>Pisa, Biblioteca Malacologica.</em> 280 pp., available online at https://archive.org/stream/ipsachiereghini00chiegoog
page(s): 77-78; note: ex Chiereghini ms. [details]
original description (of Venus ovata var. lutea Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 2: 343 [details]
original description (of Venus ovata var. trigona Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 343 [details]
original description (of Venus ovata var. transversa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 381 [details]
original description (of Venus ovata var. marmorata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 381 [details]
original description (of Venus ovata var. paucicostata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 381 [details]
original description (of Cytherea exilis Eichwald, 1830 †) Eichwald, E. (1830). Naturhistorische Skizze von Lithuanien, Volhynien und Podolien in geognostisch-mineralogischer, botanischer und zoologischer Hinsicht. <em>Wilna [Vilnius], Zawadzki.</em> 256 p., 3 pl., available online at https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10691419_00005.html
page(s): 205, pl. 5, fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Venus ovata var. minor Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1909 †) Dollfus, G. F. & Dautzenberg, P. (1902-1920). Conchyliologie du Miocène moyen du Bassin de la Loire. 1re Partie: Pélécypodes. <em>Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France.</em> 27: 1-106 (1902); 107-162 (1904); 163-240 (1906); 241-296 (1909); 297-378 (1913); 379-500, pls 34-51 (1920)., available online at http:// https://patrimoine.sorbonne-universite.fr/idurl/1/2879
page(s): 207, pl. 11, fig. 40-47 [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 369, fig. row 4, columns 1-2. [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 176, pl. XLIII, fig. 7, 8 [details]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 882-883 [details]
page(s): 97, pl. 56 fig. 56 [details]
original description (of Pasiphae pennantia Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 308 [details]
original description (of Venus pectinula Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B. (1818). [volume 5 of] Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; precedes d'une Introduction offrant la determination des caracteres essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du vegetal et desautres corps naturels, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. <em>Paris, Deterville.</em> vol 5: 612 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]
original description (of Venus alope Brusina, 1870) Brusina, S. (1870). Ipsa Chiereghinii Conchylia, ovvero contribuzione pella Malacologia Adriatica desunta dal manoscritto descrizione de' Crostacei, de' Testacei, e de' Pesci che abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto, rappresentati in figure, a chiaro-scuro ed a colori dall Abate S. Chiereghini ... illustrata da S. Brusina. <em>Pisa, Biblioteca Malacologica.</em> 280 pp., available online at https://archive.org/stream/ipsachiereghini00chiegoog
page(s): 78; note: ex Chiereghini ms. [details]
original description (of Venus myrrha Brusina, 1870) Brusina, S. (1870). Ipsa Chiereghinii Conchylia, ovvero contribuzione pella Malacologia Adriatica desunta dal manoscritto descrizione de' Crostacei, de' Testacei, e de' Pesci che abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto, rappresentati in figure, a chiaro-scuro ed a colori dall Abate S. Chiereghini ... illustrata da S. Brusina. <em>Pisa, Biblioteca Malacologica.</em> 280 pp., available online at https://archive.org/stream/ipsachiereghini00chiegoog
page(s): 77-78; note: ex Chiereghini ms. [details]
original description (of Venus ovata var. lutea Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 2: 343 [details]
original description (of Venus ovata var. trigona Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 343 [details]
original description (of Venus ovata var. transversa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 381 [details]
original description (of Venus ovata var. marmorata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 381 [details]
original description (of Venus ovata var. paucicostata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 381 [details]
original description (of Cytherea exilis Eichwald, 1830 †) Eichwald, E. (1830). Naturhistorische Skizze von Lithuanien, Volhynien und Podolien in geognostisch-mineralogischer, botanischer und zoologischer Hinsicht. <em>Wilna [Vilnius], Zawadzki.</em> 256 p., 3 pl., available online at https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10691419_00005.html
page(s): 205, pl. 5, fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Venus ovata var. minor Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1909 †) Dollfus, G. F. & Dautzenberg, P. (1902-1920). Conchyliologie du Miocène moyen du Bassin de la Loire. 1re Partie: Pélécypodes. <em>Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France.</em> 27: 1-106 (1902); 107-162 (1904); 163-240 (1906); 241-296 (1909); 297-378 (1913); 379-500, pls 34-51 (1920)., available online at http:// https://patrimoine.sorbonne-universite.fr/idurl/1/2879
page(s): 207, pl. 11, fig. 40-47 [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 369, fig. row 4, columns 1-2. [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 176, pl. XLIII, fig. 7, 8 [details]
identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 882-883 [details]
Unverified
Classification Abbott (1974) considers Timoclea Brown, 1827 as a subgenus of Chione Megerle van Mühlfeld, 1811. However, we follow the majority of European authors to use them both as seperate genera. [details]
Language | Name | |
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Danish | nettegnet venusmusling | [details] |
Dutch | ovale venusschelp | [details] |
English | oval venus | [details] |
Norwegian Bokmål | lammeskjell | [details] |
Norwegian Nynorsk | lammeskjel | [details] |
Swedish | radiärstrimmig venusmussla | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (206 publications) (from synonym Venus ovata Pennant, 1777)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
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To Conchology (Timoclea ovata)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Timoclea ovata)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Malacopics (Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, Málaga, at 12 m depth, col...
To Malacopics (Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To MNHN Fossil collection (Timoclea ovata (PENNANT, 1777); Figuré; F.A50682)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Venus ovata Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Venus pectinula Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Venus alope Brusina, 1870)
To PESI (from synonym Venus myrrha Brusina, 1870)
To PESI (from synonym Venus ovata var. lutea Jeffreys, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Venus ovata var. trigona Jeffreys, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Venus ovata var. transversa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Venus ovata var. marmorata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Venus ovata var. paucicostata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (206 publications) (from synonym Venus ovata Pennant, 1777)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
To Conchology (Timoclea ovata)
To Conchology (Timoclea ovata)
To Conchology (Timoclea ovata)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Timoclea ovata)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Malacopics (Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, Málaga, at 12 m depth, col...
To Malacopics (Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To MNHN Fossil collection (Timoclea ovata (PENNANT, 1777); Figuré; F.A50682)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Venus ovata Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Venus pectinula Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Venus alope Brusina, 1870)
To PESI (from synonym Venus myrrha Brusina, 1870)
To PESI (from synonym Venus ovata var. lutea Jeffreys, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Venus ovata var. trigona Jeffreys, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Venus ovata var. transversa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Venus ovata var. marmorata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Venus ovata var. paucicostata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To ITIS