MSBIAS taxon details

Donax Linnaeus, 1758

137906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137906)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Bivalvia
  5. Autobranchia
  6. Heteroconchia
  7. Euheterodonta
  8. Imparidentia
  9. Cardiida
  10. Tellinoidea
  11. Donacidae
  12. Donax
accepted
Genus
Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828
Donacidae J. Fleming, 1828
Donax (Capsella) J. E. Gray, 1851 · alternative representation
Donax (Cuneus) da Costa, 1778 · alternative representation

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 645, 682 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Donax Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137906 on 2026-10-10
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Donax Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137906 on 2026-10-10
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2012-09-09 03:33:00Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2019-12-01 12:37:10Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2021-03-19 09:51:01Z
changed
Herbert, David
2022-01-06 19:42:57Z
changed
Schneider, Simon

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 645, 682 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

taxonomy source Römer, E. (1869-1870). Die Familie der Dreiecks- oder Stumpfmuscheln, Donacidae. In: Küster, H. C., Ed. <i>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz</i>. Zehnten Bandes, dritte Abtheilung. 10(3) [2]: 1-122, pls. 2-21a [pp. 1-32, pl. 2-7, 1869; pp. 33-122, pl. 8-21a. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34345355
page(s): 6; note: Shows that the genus Donax is masculine, not feminine as treated by early authors [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details] 

additional source Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details] 
 
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LanguageName 
English wedge shell  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Donax) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Donax) 
To Genbank 
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Greenhouse 2002-031) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (PIC_RAH7096) 
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