WoRMS name details
Venus gallina Linnaeus, 1758
151596 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151596)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Subspecies Venus gallina striatula da Costa, 1778 accepted as Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778) (now considered a distinct species, not a subspecies of V. gallina)
- Variety Venus gallina var. alba Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 accepted as Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Venus gallina var. articulata Pallary, 1900 accepted as Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Venus gallina var. flava Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 accepted as Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Venus gallina var. gibba Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778)
- Variety Venus gallina var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 accepted as Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Venus gallina var. minor Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 accepted as Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Venus gallina var. triangularis Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Note Mediterranean Sea
Type locality Mediterranean Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venus gallina Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151596 on 2025-12-12
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Nomenclature
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Mediterranean Sea [details]
