MolluscaBase - Meretrix (Callista) erycina (Linnaeus, 1758) †

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Meretrix (Callista) erycina (Linnaeus, 1758) †

AphiaID

1813058 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1813058)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Costacallista erycina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Meretrix (Callista) Poli, 1791 accepted as Callista Poli, 1791

Original name

Venus erycina Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (3)

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Variety Meretrix (Callista) erycina var. latesulcata Sacco, 1900 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Meretrix (Callista) erycina var. multisulcata Sacco, 1900 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Meretrix (Callista) erycina var. subtriangula Sacco, 1900 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Venus erycina Linnaeus, 1758) 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
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Meretrix (Callista) erycina (Linnaeus, 1758) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1813058 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-05-10 19:50:00Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

2025-06-16 06:52:18Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Venus erycina Linnaeus, 1758) 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
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors

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