Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

MSBIAS taxon details

Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791)

AphiaID

140350 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140350)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Donacilla R. A. Philippi, 1836

Original name

Mactra cornea Poli, 1791

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Poli J.X. (1791). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471
page(s): 73-74 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles 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=140350 on 2025-11-09

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140350 on 2025-11-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

2012-01-12 21:17:42Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Poli J.X. (1791). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471
page(s): 73-74 [details]

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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Whiteley D.A.A., Owen D.F. & Smith D.A.S. (1997). Massive polymorphism and natural selection in Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791)(Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 62(4): 475-494 [details]

additional source Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Micu, D. & Micu, S. (2006). Recent records, growth and proposed IUCN status of Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1795) from the Romanian Black Sea. Certetari Marine. 36, 117-132. [details] Available for editors

additional source Linetskii, B. (2020). Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791) (Bivalvia: Venerida: Mesodesmatidae) in the northern Black Sea: New distribution records, shell size and colouration. Folia Malacologica. 28(3): 210-215., available online at https://www.foliamalacologica.com/-Donacilla-cornea-Poli-1791-Bivalvia-Venerida-Mesodesmatidae-in-the-northern-Black,125425,0,2.html [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Unreviewed

To Malacopics (Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791) Bulgaria, Burgas, Sinemorets)

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