Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Codakia tigerina (Linnaeus, 1758)

HKRMS taxon details

Codakia tigerina (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

215835 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215835)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Codakia Scopoli, 1777

Original name

Venus tigerina Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 688 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Codakia tigerina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2021) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215835 on 2026-01-14

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Codakia tigerina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215835 on 2026-01-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

1998-05-20 07:48:52Z

changed

Fondo, Esther

2010-03-06 07:04:47Z

changed

Taylor, John

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original description (of ) 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 688 [details] Available for editors

context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 144 [details]

additional source Xu F.-S. [Fengshan] (2012) Fauna Sinica. Invertebrata Vol. 48. Mollusca Bivalvia. Lucinacea, Carditacea, Crassatellacea, Cardiacea. 239 pp. Beijing: Science Press. [details]

additional source Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 148, fig. 69k [details]

redescription Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. (2007). Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema. 29(1): 109-181. [details] Available for editors