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Cytherea Röding, 1798

204301  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204301)

 unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Cytherea Fabricius, 1794 [Diptera])
Genus
Venus puerpera Linnaeus, 1771 accepted as Periglypta puerpera (Linnaeus, 1771) (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Species Cytherea plebeia Hanley, 1844 (uncertain > unassessed)
  2. Subgenus Cytherea (Antigona) Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Antigona Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  3. Subgenus Cytherea (Caryatis) Römer, 1862 accepted as Pitar Römer, 1857 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Caryatis Hübner, 1819 [Lepidoptera])
    1. Species Cytherea (Caryatis) coxeni E. A. Smith, 1884 accepted as Pitar coxeni (E. A. Smith, 1884)
    2. Species Cytherea (Caryatis) pudicissima E. A. Smith, 1894 accepted as Aphrodora pudicissima (E. A. Smith, 1894) (basionym)
    3. Species Cytherea (Caryatis) regularis E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Costellipitar regularis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (basionym)
    4. Species Cytherea (Caryatis) yerburyi E. A. Smith, 1891 accepted as Aphrodora yerburyi (E. A. Smith, 1891) (original combination)
  4. Subgenus Cytherea (Circomphalus) Mörch, 1853 accepted as Circomphalus Mörch, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Subgenus Cytherea (Crista) Römer, 1857 accepted as Gafrarium Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
      1. Subgenus Cytherea (Lepidocardia) Dall, 1902 accepted as Callista Poli, 1791 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      2. Subgenus Cytherea (Veneriglossa) Dall, 1886 accepted as Veneriglossa Dall, 1886 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
        1. Species Cytherea (Veneriglossa) vesica Dall, 1886 accepted as Veneriglossa vesica (Dall, 1886)
      3. Subgenus Cytherea (Ventricola) Römer, 1867 accepted as Venus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
        1. Species Cytherea (Ventricola) callimorpha Dall, 1902 accepted as Globivenus callimorpha (Dall, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
        2. Species Cytherea (Ventricola) magdalenae Dall, 1902 accepted as Globivenus magdalenae (Dall, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
        3. Species Cytherea (Ventricola) strigillina Dall, 1902 accepted as Globivenus strigillina (Dall, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      4. Species Cytherea adansonii R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Dosinia afra (Gmelin, 1791)
      5. Species Cytherea albida (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Pitar albidus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Jasypitar albidus (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      6. Species Cytherea albina Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Pitar albinus (Lamarck, 1818)
      7. Species Cytherea ambigua (Deshayes, 1853) accepted as Tivela compressa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      8. Species Cytherea apicalis R. A. Philippi, 1836 accepted as Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      9. Species Cytherea arabica Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Circenita varia (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
      10. Species Cytherea arabica (Chemnitz, 1795) accepted as Circenita varia (Forsskål, 1775) (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
      11. Species Cytherea callosa Conrad, 1837 accepted as Amiantis callosa (Conrad, 1837) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      12. Species Cytherea calophylla (R. A. Philippi, 1836) accepted as Placamen lamellatum (Röding, 1798)
      13. Species Cytherea circinata (Born, 1778) accepted as Lamelliconcha circinata (Born, 1778) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      14. Species Cytherea citrina Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Pitar citrinus (Lamarck, 1818) (original combination)
      15. Species Cytherea consanguinea C. B. Adams, 1852 accepted as Pitar consanguineus (C. B. Adams, 1852) (original combination)
      16. Species Cytherea convexa Say, 1824 accepted as Pitar morrhuanus (Dall, 1902) accepted as Agriopoma morrhuanum (Dall, 1902) (unaccepted > junior homonym, non Cytherea convexa Brongniart, 1822)
      17. Species Cytherea cordiformis Dunker, 1849 accepted as Pitar affinis (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      18. Species Cytherea coxeni E. A. Smith, 1884 accepted as Pitar coxeni (E. A. Smith, 1884)
      19. Species Cytherea diemenensis Hanley, 1844 accepted as Notocallista diemenensis (Hanley, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      20. Species Cytherea erubescens Dunker, 1853 accepted as Pitar erubescens (Dunker, 1853)
      21. Species Cytherea eucymata Dall, 1890 accepted as Callpita eucymata (Dall, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      22. Species Cytherea excisa Röding, 1798 accepted as Pelecyora excisa (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
      23. Species Cytherea foveolata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) accepted as Venus foveolata G. B. Sowerby II, 1853
      24. Species Cytherea fulminata Menke, 1828 accepted as Jasypitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      25. Species Cytherea gracilenta Locard, 1891 accepted as Pitar rudis (Poli, 1795)
      26. Species Cytherea hebraea Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Pitar hebraeus (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      27. Species Cytherea inconspicua G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 accepted as Pitar inconspicuus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
      28. Species Cytherea indecora R. A. Philippi, 1848 accepted as Pitar indecorus (R. A. Philippi, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      29. Species Cytherea lactea Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Pitar hebraeus (Lamarck, 1818)
      30. Species Cytherea laeta Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Pitar affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
      31. Species Cytherea lunaris Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
      32. Species Cytherea magdalenae Dall, 1902 accepted as Globivenus magdalenae (Dall, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      33. Species Cytherea mediterranea Aradas & Benoit, 1872 accepted as Pitar mediterraneus (Aradas & Benoit, 1872)
      34. Species Cytherea minuta T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803) (synonym)
      35. Species Cytherea minuta F. C. L. Koch, 1845 accepted as Costellipitar minutus (F. C. L. Koch, 1845) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      36. Species Cytherea modesta R. A. Philippi, 1845 accepted as Pitar inflatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
      37. Species Cytherea multilamella Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Venus nux Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
      38. Species Cytherea obliquata Hanley, 1844 accepted as Pitar obliquatus (Hanley, 1844)
      39. Species Cytherea pallescens G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 accepted as Pitar pallescens (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) (original combination)
      40. Species Cytherea pellucida Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Pitar pellucidus (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      41. Species Cytherea penistoni Heilprin, 1890 accepted as Pitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828) accepted as Jasypitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828)
      42. Species Cytherea pudica Menke, 1850 accepted as Pitar pudica (Menke, 1850) accepted as Pitar tumens (Gmelin, 1791)
      43. Species Cytherea regularis E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Costellipitar regularis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (original combination)
      44. Species Cytherea rostrata F. C. L. Koch, 1844 accepted as Proteopitar patagonicus (A. d'Orbigny, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      45. Species Cytherea rubiginosa R. A. Philippi, 1845 accepted as Pitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828) accepted as Jasypitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828)
      46. Species Cytherea rugata Locard, 1891 accepted as Pitar rudis (Poli, 1795)
      47. Species Cytherea sayana Conrad, 1833 accepted as Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana (Conrad, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      48. Species Cytherea simpsoni Dall, 1889 accepted as Pitar simpsoni (Dall, 1895) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
      49. Species Cytherea sismondae Calcara, 1845 accepted as Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803) (synonym)
      50. Species Cytherea sophiae Angas, 1877 accepted as Pitar sophiae (Angas, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      51. Species Cytherea tahitensis R. A. Philippi, 1851 accepted as Pitar tahitensis (R. A. Philippi, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      52. Species Cytherea tatei Cossmann, 1920 accepted as Fossacallista tatei (Cossmann, 1920) † accepted as Notocallista (Fossacallista) tatei (Cossmann, 1920) † represented as Notocallista tatei (Cossmann, 1920) †
      53. Species Cytherea varians Hanley, 1844 accepted as Pitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828) accepted as Jasypitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828)
      54. Species Cytherea venetiana Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Pitar rudis (Poli, 1795)
      marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
      recent + fossil
      feminine
      Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
      page(s): 177 [details] 
      MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cytherea Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204301 on 2026-06-23
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      Nomenclature

      original description Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
      page(s): 177 [details] 

      basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

      Other

      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) [details]