MSBIAS taxon details
Digitaria digitaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
138825 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138825)
accepted
Species
marine
recent + fossil
(of ) 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): 677 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Digitaria digitaria (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=138825 on 2026-09-09
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. Digitaria digitaria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138825 on 2026-09-09
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(of ) 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): 677 [details] Available for editors
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 Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Besteiro, C., J.S. Troncoso, J. Parapar, L.V. Salvini-Plawen & V. Urgorri, 1991. Hallazgos de Monobrachium parasitum (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) en asociacion con Digitaria digitaria (Mollusca, Bivalva). Iberus 9 1-2: 91-96. [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) [details]
additional source Marina, P.; Urra, J.; Bueno, J. D. D.; Rueda, J. L.; Gofas, S.; Salas, C. (2020). Spermcast mating with release of zygotes in the small dioecious bivalve <i>Digitaria digitaria</i>. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 10: 12605., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69457-2 [details]
additional source Marquet, R. (2005). The Neogene Bivalvia (Heterodonta and Anomalodesmata) and Scaphopoda from Kallo and Doel (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium). <em>Palaeontos.</em> 6: 1-142, pls 1-62.
page(s): 40, pl. 22 fig. 3 [details]
additional source Moerdijk, P.W., Janssen, A.W., Wesselingh, F.P., Peeters, G.A., Pouwer, R., Nieulande, F.A.D. van, Janse A.C., Slik, L. van der, Meijer, T. Rijken, R., Cadée, G.C., Hoeksema, D., Doeksen, G., Bastemeijer, A., Strack, H., Vervoenen, M. & Poorten, J.J. ter. (2010). De fossiele schelpen van de Nederlandse kust. <em>Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis, Leiden.</em> 332 pp.
page(s): 155, fig. 236 [details] Available for editors
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. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 374-375 [details]
page(s): 677 [details] Available for editors
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 Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Besteiro, C., J.S. Troncoso, J. Parapar, L.V. Salvini-Plawen & V. Urgorri, 1991. Hallazgos de Monobrachium parasitum (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) en asociacion con Digitaria digitaria (Mollusca, Bivalva). Iberus 9 1-2: 91-96. [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) [details]
additional source Marina, P.; Urra, J.; Bueno, J. D. D.; Rueda, J. L.; Gofas, S.; Salas, C. (2020). Spermcast mating with release of zygotes in the small dioecious bivalve <i>Digitaria digitaria</i>. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 10: 12605., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69457-2 [details]
additional source Marquet, R. (2005). The Neogene Bivalvia (Heterodonta and Anomalodesmata) and Scaphopoda from Kallo and Doel (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium). <em>Palaeontos.</em> 6: 1-142, pls 1-62.
page(s): 40, pl. 22 fig. 3 [details]
additional source Moerdijk, P.W., Janssen, A.W., Wesselingh, F.P., Peeters, G.A., Pouwer, R., Nieulande, F.A.D. van, Janse A.C., Slik, L. van der, Meijer, T. Rijken, R., Cadée, G.C., Hoeksema, D., Doeksen, G., Bastemeijer, A., Strack, H., Vervoenen, M. & Poorten, J.J. ter. (2010). De fossiele schelpen van de Nederlandse kust. <em>Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis, Leiden.</em> 332 pp.
page(s): 155, fig. 236 [details] Available for editors
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. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 374-375 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Digitaria digitaria)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Digitaria digitaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zeeland, Domburg)
To Malacopics (Digitaria digitaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Andalucia, Cadiz, La Linea, collected 1...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Digitaria digitaria)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Digitaria digitaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zeeland, Domburg)
To Malacopics (Digitaria digitaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Andalucia, Cadiz, La Linea, collected 1...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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