WoRMS taxon details

Donax Linnaeus, 1758

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Cardiida (Order)
  10. Tellinoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Donacidae (Family)
  12. Donax (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Donax rugosus Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Amphichaena R. A. Philippi, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Capsella J. E. Gray, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chion Scopoli, 1777 · unaccepted
Cuneus da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted (original rank)
Donax (Amphichaena) R. A. Philippi, 1847 · alternative representation
Donax (Assimilidonax) M. Huber, 2010 · alternative representation
Donax (Capsella) Gray, 1851 · alternative representation
Donax (Carinadonax) M. Huber, 2010 · alternative representation
Donax (Chion) Scopoli, 1777 · alternative representation
Donax (Cuneus) da Costa, 1778 · alternative representation
Donax (Deltachion) Iredale, 1930 · alternative representation
Donax (Donax) Linnaeus, 1758 · alternative representation
Donax (Grammatodonax) Dall, 1900 · alternative representation
Donax (Heteroruga) Coen, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Donax (Langleitia) M. Huber, 2015 · alternative representation
Donax (Machaerodonax) Römer, 1870 · alternative representation
Donax (Paradonax) Cossmann, 1910 · alternative representation
Donax (Paraserrula) M. Huber, 2010 · alternative representation
Donax (Pulcherridonax) M. Huber, 2010 · alternative representation
Donax (Sarmatidonax) Bagdasarian, 1986 † · alternative representation
Donax (Serrula) Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Donax (Tentidonax) Iredale, 1930 · alternative representation
Donax (Tridonax) M. Huber, 2010 · alternative representation
Serrula Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted

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  1. Subgenus Donax (Amphichaena) R. A. Philippi, 1847 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Subgenus Donax (Capsella) Gray, 1851 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  3. Subgenus Donax (Chion) Scopoli, 1777 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  4. Subgenus Donax (Deltachion) Iredale, 1930 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  5. Subgenus Donax (Dentilatona) M. Huber, 2010 accepted as Donax (Latona) Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Latona Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Subgenus Donax (Donax) Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  7. Subgenus Donax (Hecuba) Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Hecuba Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  8. Subgenus Donax (Hemidonax) Mörch, 1871 accepted as Hemidonax Mörch, 1871 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  9. Subgenus Donax (Heterodonax) Mörch, 1853 accepted as Heterodonax Mörch, 1853
  10. Subgenus Donax (Heteroruga) Coen, 1925 accepted as Donax (Grammatodonax) Dall, 1900 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  11. Subgenus Donax (Langleitia) M. Huber, 2015 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  12. Subgenus Donax (Latona) Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Latona Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  13. Subgenus Donax (Machaerodonax) Römer, 1870 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  14. Subgenus Donax (Paradonax) Cossmann, 1910 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  15. Subgenus Donax (Paraserrula) M. Huber, 2010 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  16. Subgenus Donax (Plebidonax) Iredale, 1930 accepted as Plebidonax Iredale, 1930
  17. Subgenus Donax (Pulcherridonax) M. Huber, 2010 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  18. Subgenus Donax (Serrula) Mörch, 1853 accepted as Donax Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Subgenus Donax (Tentidonax) Iredale, 1930 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  20. Subgenus Donax (Tridonax) M. Huber, 2010 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758
  21. Species Donax abbreviata Lamarck, 1818 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  22. Species Donax acuminata Deshayes, 1855 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  23. Species Donax acutangula Deshayes, 1854 accepted as Donax acutangulus Deshayes, 1854 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
  24. Species Donax acutangulus Deshayes, 1854
  25. Species Donax acuticarinatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 accepted as Donax carinatus Hanley, 1843
  26. Species Donax aemulus E. A. Smith, 1878 accepted as Donax lubricus Hanley, 1845 accepted as Latona lubrica (Hanley, 1845)
  27. Species Donax aenea Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Donax aeneus Mörch, 1853 (homonym and synonym)
  28. Species Donax aeneus Mörch, 1853 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  29. Species Donax aequilatera G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 accepted as Macridiscus aequilatera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (original combination)
  30. Species Donax affinis Deshayes, 1855 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  31. Species Donax alboradiatus Danilo & Sandri, 1856 accepted as Donax variegatus (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
  32. Species Donax anatinum Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Donax vittatus (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
  33. Species Donax angustus R. A. Philippi, 1849 (uncertain > unassessed)
  34. Species Donax aperittus Melvill, 1897
  35. Species Donax aricana Dall, 1909 accepted as Donax obesulus Reeve, 1854
  36. Species Donax asper Hanley, 1845
  37. Species Donax assimilis Hanley, 1845
  38. Species Donax atlantica Hidalgo, 1867 accepted as Donax vittatus (da Costa, 1778) (synonym with incorrect original gender ending)
  39. Species Donax atlanticus Hidalgo, 1867 accepted as Donax vittatus (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
  40. Species Donax australis Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Donax cuneatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Latona cuneata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  41. Species Donax baliregteri M. Huber, 2012
  42. Species Donax bella Reeve, 1854 accepted as Donax variabilis Say, 1822
  43. Species Donax bellardii Tapparone Canefri, 1869 accepted as Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  44. Species Donax bertini Pilsbry, 1901
  45. Species Donax bicolor Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Latona bicolor (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  46. Species Donax bipartitus G. B. Sowerby III, 1892
  47. Species Donax bitincta Reeve, 1855 accepted as Donax bitinctus Reeve, 1855 accepted as Donax culter Hanley, 1845 (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  48. Species Donax bitinctus Reeve, 1855 accepted as Donax culter Hanley, 1845
  49. Species Donax brazieri E. A. Smith, 1892
  50. Species Donax brevis Requien, 1848 accepted as Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  51. Species Donax bruneirufi M. Huber, 2012
  52. Species Donax burnupi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
  53. Species Donax caelatus P. P. Carpenter, 1857
  54. Species Donax caianensis Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  55. Species Donax californica Conrad, 1837 accepted as Donax californicus Conrad, 1837 (incorrect original gender ending)
  56. Species Donax californicus Conrad, 1837
  57. Species Donax cardioides Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Hemidonax donaciformis (Bruguière, 1789) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  58. Species Donax carinata Hanley, 1843 accepted as Donax carinatus Hanley, 1843 (incorrect original gender ending)
  59. Species Donax carinatus Hanley, 1843
  60. Species Donax castaneus Montagu, 1803 accepted as Ervilia castanea (Montagu, 1803)
  61. Species Donax cattaniana Brusina, 1866 accepted as Donax venustus Poli, 1795 (synonym)
  62. Species Donax cayennensis [sic] accepted as Donax caianensis Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Donax caianensis Lamarck, 1818)
  63. Species Donax clathrata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Donax clathratus Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  64. Species Donax clathratus Reeve, 1854
  65. Species Donax columbella Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Latona columbella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  66. Species Donax complanatus Montagu, 1803 accepted as Donax variegatus (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
  67. Species Donax compressa Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Donax purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791)
  68. Species Donax conradi Reeve, 1854 accepted as Donax culter Hanley, 1845
  69. Species Donax contusa Reeve, 1854 accepted as Donax contusus Reeve, 1854 accepted as Donax culter Hanley, 1845 (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  70. Species Donax contusus Reeve, 1854 accepted as Donax culter Hanley, 1845
  71. Species Donax crocatus A. Gould, 1850 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  72. Species Donax culminatus P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Donax carinatus Hanley, 1843
  73. Species Donax culter Hanley, 1845
  74. Species Donax cumingii Dunker, 1853 accepted as Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  75. Species Donax cuneata [sic] accepted as Donax cuneatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Latona cuneata (Linnaeus, 1758) (incorrect gender ending)
  76. Species Donax cuneatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Latona cuneata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  77. Species Donax curtus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 accepted as Donax assimilis Hanley, 1845
  78. Species Donax deltoides Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Latona deltoides (Lamarck, 1818) (original combination)
  79. Species Donax denisi Fischer-Piette, 1942
  80. Species Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758
  81. Species Donax dentifer Hanley, 1843
  82. Species Donax dentifera Hanley, 1843 accepted as Donax dentifer Hanley, 1843 (incorrect original gender ending)
  83. Species Donax deshayesii Dunker, 1853 accepted as Latona cuneata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  84. Species Donax dohrnianus Jickeli, 1882 accepted as Donax scalpellum Gray, 1825
  85. Species Donax domaini Cosel, 1995
  86. Species Donax dorotheae J. P. E. Morrison, 1971 accepted as Donax texasianus R. A. Philippi, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  87. Species Donax dysoni Reeve, 1854 accepted as Latona dysoni (Reeve, 1854) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  88. Species Donax ecuadorianus Olsson, 1961
  89. Species Donax elegans Odhner, 1919 accepted as Donax lubricus Hanley, 1845 accepted as Latona lubrica (Hanley, 1845) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  90. Species Donax elliptica Krynicki, 1837 accepted as Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1791) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum)
  91. Species Donax elongata Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Donax rugosus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  92. Species Donax epidermia Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Donax deltoides Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Latona deltoides (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  93. Species Donax epularis Melvill, 1901 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  94. Species Donax erythraeensis Bertin, 1881
  95. Species Donax euglyptus Dunker, 1865 (uncertain > unassessed)
  96. Species Donax exarata Krauss, 1848 accepted as Donax exaratus Krauss, 1848 accepted as Latona madagascariensis (W. Wood, 1828) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  97. Species Donax exaratus Krauss, 1848 accepted as Latona madagascariensis (W. Wood, 1828) (junior synonym)
  98. Species Donax faba Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Latona faba (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  99. Species Donax fabagella Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Donax semistriatus Poli, 1795 (synonym)
  100. Species Donax flavidus Hanley, 1882 accepted as Donax incarnatus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Latona incarnata (Gmelin, 1791)
  101. Species Donax flexuosus A. Gould, 1853 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  102. Species Donax fossor Say, 1822
  103. Species Donax francisensis (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
  104. Species Donax gemmula J. P. E. Morrison, 1971
  105. Species Donax gouldii Dall, 1921
  106. Species Donax gracilis Hanley, 1845
  107. Species Donax granifer Reeve, 1854 accepted as Donax asper Hanley, 1845
  108. Species Donax granifera Reeve, 1854 accepted as Donax granifer Reeve, 1854 accepted as Donax asper Hanley, 1845 (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  109. Species Donax granosa Lamarck, 1818 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  110. Species Donax granosus Zelebor, 1866 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, invalid; not Lamarck, 1818)
  111. Species Donax grasi M. Huber, 2010
  112. Species Donax haesitans Brancsik, 1895 accepted as Donax cuneatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Latona cuneata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  113. Species Donax hanleyana R. A. Philippi, 1847 accepted as Donax hanleyanus R. A. Philippi, 1847 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  114. Species Donax hanleyanus R. A. Philippi, 1847
  115. Species Donax helena W. H. Turton, 1932 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  116. Species Donax hians R. A. Philippi, 1851 accepted as Tivela lessonii (Deshayes, 1830) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  117. Species Donax hilairea Guérin, 1832 accepted as Donax hanleyanus R. A. Philippi, 1847 (suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1372)
  118. Species Donax impar Hanley, 1882
  119. Species Donax inaequalis G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 accepted as Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758
  120. Species Donax incarnatus Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Latona incarnata (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  121. Species Donax incerata Reeve, 1855 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  122. Species Donax inconspicuus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 accepted as Donax fossor Say, 1822
  123. Species Donax interrupta Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Donax rugosus interruptus Deshayes, 1855
  124. Species Donax introradiata Reeve, 1855 accepted as Donax introradiatus Reeve, 1855 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  125. Species Donax introradiatus Reeve, 1855
  126. Species Donax irus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Irus irus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
  127. Species Donax julianae Krynicki, 1837 accepted as Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum; available from Middendorf, 1849)
  128. Species Donax julianae Middendorf, 1849 accepted as Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758
  129. Species Donax keyii A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Latona madagascariensis (W. Wood, 1828) (junior synonym)
  130. Species Donax kindermanni (R. A. Philippi, 1847)
  131. Species Donax kiusiuensis Pilsbry, 1901
  132. Species Donax laevigata Reeve, 1854 accepted as Donax gouldii Dall, 1921 (junior homonym of Donax laevigatus Gmelin, 1791)
  133. Species Donax laevigata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
  134. Species Donax lessonii Deshayes, 1830 accepted as Tivela lessonii (Deshayes, 1830) (original combination)
  135. Species Donax listeri Hanley, 1882 accepted as Latona listeri (Hanley, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  136. Species Donax longissimus Thiele, 1931
  137. Species Donax lubricus Hanley, 1845 accepted as Latona lubrica (Hanley, 1845) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  138. Species Donax lunularis R. A. Philippi, 1847 (uncertain > unassessed)
  139. Species Donax madagascariensis W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Latona madagascariensis (W. Wood, 1828) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  140. Species Donax mancorensis Olsson, 1961 accepted as Donax obesulus Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  141. Species Donax marincovichi Coan, 1983 accepted as Donax obesulus Reeve, 1854
  142. Species Donax martinicensis Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Eurytellina angulosa (Gmelin, 1791)
  143. Species Donax mediamericana Pilsbry, 1920 accepted as Donax striatus Linnaeus, 1767 (junior synonym)
  144. Species Donax mesodesmoides Hanley, 1882 accepted as Donax serra Röding, 1798
  145. Species Donax meta Reeve, 1855 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  146. Species Donax modestus Risso, 1826 accepted as Donax venustus Poli, 1795 (synonym)
  147. Species Donax muricata Linnaeus, 1767 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  148. Species Donax navicula Hanley, 1845 accepted as Donax californicus Conrad, 1837
  149. Species Donax nereia W. H. Turton, 1932 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
  150. Species Donax nitida Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  151. Species Donax nitidus Deshayes, 1855 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, primary homonym of Donax nitida Lamarck, 1805)
  152. Species Donax nuculoides Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted, original combination)
  153. Species Donax nuxfagus Preston, 1908
  154. Species Donax obesa R. A. Philippi, 1851 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid; not d'Orbigny, 1846)
  155. Species Donax obesa A. d'Orbigny, 1846 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  156. Species Donax obesula Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted, incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  157. Species Donax obesulus Reeve, 1854
  158. Species Donax obesus A. d'Orbigny, 1846
  159. Species Donax obesus A. Gould, 1851 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Donax obesus d'Orbigny, 1846, and D. obesus Philippi, 1851; Donax gouldii Dall, 1921 is a replacement name.)
  160. Species Donax ovalina Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted, incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  161. Species Donax ovalinus Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  162. Species Donax owenii Hanley, 1843
  163. Species Donax pallidus A. Gould, 1850 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  164. Species Donax panamensis R. A. Philippi, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  165. Species Donax parvulus R. A. Philippi, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  166. Species Donax paxillus Reeve, 1854
  167. Species Donax peruviana Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted, incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  168. Species Donax peruvianus Deshayes, 1855 (unaccepted)
  169. Species Donax petallina Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted, incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  170. Species Donax petallinus Reeve, 1854 (unaccepted)
  171. Species Donax phariformis Cosel, 1995
  172. Species Donax pictus Tryon, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  173. Species Donax plebeia Pulteney, 1799 (unaccepted, synonym)
  174. Species Donax politus (Poli, 1791) (unaccepted)
  175. Species Donax powisiana Récluz, 1843 (unaccepted)
  176. Species Donax productus Odhner, 1919 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  177. Species Donax prolongatus (W. H. Turton, 1932) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  178. Species Donax protracta Conrad, 1849 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  179. Species Donax protractus Conrad, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  180. Species Donax pseudacutangulus Cosel & Gofas, 2018
  181. Species Donax pubescens Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  182. Species Donax pulchella Hanley, 1843 (unaccepted, wrong gender agreement of species name)
  183. Species Donax pulchellus Hanley, 1843
  184. Species Donax punaensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941 (unaccepted)
  185. Species Donax punctatostriata Hanley, 1843 (unaccepted, incorrect original gender ending)
  186. Species Donax punctatostriatus Hanley, 1843
  187. Species Donax purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791)
  188. Species Donax pusilla R. A. Philippi, 1849 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  189. Species Donax pusillus R. A. Philippi, 1849
  190. Species Donax radians Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  191. Species Donax radiata Krynicki, 1837 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum)
  192. Species Donax radiata Valenciennes, 1821 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Donax radiatus Gmelin, 1791 with incorrect original gender ending. Donax aricanus is a replacement name)
  193. Species Donax radiatus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  194. Species Donax reevei Bertin, 1881 (unaccepted)
  195. Species Donax reflexus Eichwald, 1830 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  196. Species Donax ringens Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  197. Species Donax roemeri R. A. Philippi, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  198. Species Donax rostratus C. B. Adams, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  199. Species Donax rothi Coan, 1983
  200. Species Donax ruber W. Turton, 1822 (unaccepted, synonym)
  201. Species Donax rugosus Linnaeus, 1758
  202. Species Donax saigonensis Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  203. Species Donax saxulum Reeve, 1855
  204. Species Donax scalpellum Gray, 1825
  205. Species Donax scortum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  206. Species Donax scriptus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
  207. Species Donax scrotum [sic] (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  208. Species Donax sebae Cecalupo, Buzzurro & Mariani, 2008 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  209. Species Donax securiformis R. A. Philippi, 1845 (uncertain > nomen dubium, name preoccupied by Dunker, 1845)
  210. Species Donax semigranosus Dunker, 1877 (unaccepted, original rank)
  211. Species Donax seminuda Anton, 1837 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  212. Species Donax semistriatus P. P. Carpenter, 1856 (unaccepted, invalid: junior primary homonym of Donax semistriatus Poli, 1795: Donax (Serrula) carpenteri H. Adams & A, Adams, 1856 is a replacement name)
  213. Species Donax semistriatus Poli, 1795
  214. Species Donax semisulcata Hanley, 1843 (unaccepted, incorrect original gender ending)
  215. Species Donax semisulcatus Hanley, 1843 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  216. Species Donax serra Röding, 1798
  217. Species Donax siliqua Römer, 1870 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  218. Species Donax simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1897
  219. Species Donax solidus (Spengler, 1798) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  220. Species Donax sordidus Hanley, 1845 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  221. Species Donax souverbiana Souverbie, 1860 (unaccepted, incorrect original gender ending)
  222. Species Donax souverbianus Souverbie, 1860
  223. Species Donax sowerbyi Bertin, 1881 (unaccepted)
  224. Species Donax spiculum Reeve, 1855
  225. Species Donax spiniferus Raven, 2021
  226. Species Donax spinosus Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  227. Species Donax splendens Dunker, 1865 (uncertain > unassessed)
  228. Species Donax stramineus Gmelin, 1791 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  229. Species Donax striata Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  230. Species Donax striatella Deshayes, 1855 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  231. Species Donax striatus Linnaeus, 1767
  232. Species Donax stultorum Mawe, 1823 (unaccepted, original combination)
  233. Species Donax sulcarius Menke, 1843 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  234. Species Donax sulcata R. A. Philippi, 1847 (uncertain > unassessed, invalid; not Brocchi, 1814)
  235. Species Donax szemiani Oostingh, 1931
  236. Species Donax texasianus R. A. Philippi, 1847
  237. Species Donax ticaonicus Hanley, 1845 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  238. Species Donax tiesenhauseni Preston, 1908 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  239. Species Donax tinctus A. Gould, 1850 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  240. Species Donax townsendi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
  241. Species Donax transversus G. B. Sowerby I, 1825
  242. Species Donax trifasciatus Risso, 1826 (unaccepted, synonym)
  243. Species Donax trifasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  244. Species Donax trigonalis Preston, 1908 (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
  245. Species Donax triquetra Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  246. Species Donax triradiata Deshayes, 1830 (unaccepted, probable synonym)
  247. Species Donax trunculatus Locard, 1886 (unaccepted, synonym)
  248. Species Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758
  249. Species Donax tumidus R. A. Philippi, 1849 (uncertain > unassessed)
  250. Species Donax variabilis Say, 1822
  251. Species Donax variegatus (Gmelin, 1791)
  252. Species Donax vellicata Reeve, 1855 (unaccepted, incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  253. Species Donax vellicatus Reeve, 1855
  254. Species Donax veneriformis Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  255. Species Donax venusta Poli, 1795 (unaccepted, incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet)
  256. Species Donax venustus Poli, 1795
  257. Species Donax verdensis Cosel, 1995
  258. Species Donax veruinus Hedley, 1913
  259. Species Donax victoris Fischer-Piette, 1942 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  260. Species Donax violacea Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  261. Species Donax virilis (Iredale, 1930)
  262. Species Donax vittatus (da Costa, 1778)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Donax Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137906 on 2025-05-14
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Nomenclature

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

original description (of Capsella J. E. Gray, 1851) Gray, J. E. (1851). <i>List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VII, Molluscas Acephala and Brachiopoda</i>. London, Taylor, 167 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50474169
page(s): 47 [details] 

original description (of Tentidonax Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
page(s): 398, 407 [details] 

original description (of Amphichaena R. A. Philippi, 1847) Philippi, R. A. (1847). Beschreibung zweier neuer Conchyliengeschlechter, <i>Dibaphus</i> und <i>Amphichaena</i>, nebst einigen Bemerkungen über <i>Cyamium</i>, <i>Ervilia</i> und <i>Entodesma</i>. <em>Archiv für Natugeschichte.</em> 13(1): 61-66., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7251444
page(s): 63 [details] 

original description (of Donax (Assimilidonax) M. Huber, 2010) 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)
page(s): 686. [details] 

original description (of Donax (Carinadonax) M. Huber, 2010) 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)
page(s): 686 [details] 

original description (of Chion Scopoli, 1777) Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. <em>Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle.</em> Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): 398 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Deltachion Iredale, 1930) Iredale, T. (1930). More notes on the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 17(9): 384-407, pls 62-65. [Published 27 June 1930]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17186/773_complete.pdf
page(s): 398, 407 [details] 

original description (of Donax (Machaerodonax) Römer, 1870) Küster, H. C. & Römer, E. (1841-1870). Die Familie Dreiecks- oder Stumpfmuscheln, Donacidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 10(3): 1-122; pl. 1-21a. Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe) [pp. 1-8; pl. 1 (1841, Küster); pp. 1-8 (reissue), 9-32; pl. 2-7 (1869, Römer); 33-122; pl. 8-21a (1870, Römer)]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106985 [details] 

original description (of Donax (Paradonax) Cossmann, 1910) Cossmann M. & Peyrot A. (1909-1915). Conchologie néogénique de l'Aquitaine. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 63(2): 72-144 [1909]; 63(3): 145-232 [1909]; 63(4): 233-293 [1910]; 64(4): 235-288 [1910]; 64(5): 289-400 [1910]; 64(6): 401-445 [1911]; 65(2): 51-98 [1911]; 65(3-4): 99-333 [1912]; 66(2-3): 121-232 [1912]; 66(4): 233-324 [1913]; 68(1-2): 5-210 [1914]; 68(4): 361-435 [1915]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31787226
page(s): 64: 307 [details] 

original description (of Donax (Paraserrula) M. Huber, 2010) 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)
page(s): 687 [details] 

original description (of Donax (Pulcherridonax) M. Huber, 2010) 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)
page(s): 687 [details] 

original description (of Serrula Mörch, 1853) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora</i>, 170 pp. [1852]; <i>Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata</i>, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): vol. 2 p. 18 [details] 

original description (of Donax (Heteroruga) Coen, 1925) Coen, G. (1925). Sul <i>Donax exaratus</i> Krauss. <em>Atti dell'Accademia Veneto-Trentino-Istriano, Padova.</em> 15: 44–45. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Donax (Tridonax) M. Huber, 2010) 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)
page(s): 687 [details] 

original description (of Donax (Langleitia) M. Huber, 2015) Huber M. (2015). <i>Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms.</i> ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297].
page(s): 748 [details] 

original description (of Donax (Tembrockia) Glibert & Van de Poel, 1967 †) Glibert, M.; Van de Poel, L. (1967). Les Bivalvia fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger des collections de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. V. Oligodontina. <em>Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.</em> (2) 83: 1-152., available online at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/memoirs-of-the-royal-institute-of-natural-sciences-of-belgium-second-series/83-1967
page(s): 79 [details] 

original description (of Cuneus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 202 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Donax (Sarmatidonax) Bagdasarian, 1986 †) Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Iljina, L.B. (1986). Istoriya neogenovykh mollyuskov Paratetisa. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 220: 1-208, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/12746
page(s): 189 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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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Grammatical gender masculine, from Greek noun δόναξ (meaning a reed, but also used for a shellfish) [details]
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LanguageName 
Dutch zaaje  [details]
English wedge shell  [details]
German Stumpfmuschel  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Capsella) (from synonym Capsella J. E. Gray, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Capsella) (from synonym Capsella J. E. Gray, 1851)
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) 
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Greenhouse 2002-031)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Greenhouse 2002-031)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (PIC_RAH7096)
To NMNH Extant Collection (PIC_RAH7096)
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