WoRMS taxon details
Ctena eburnea (Gmelin, 1791)
225597 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225597)
accepted
Species
Cardium pectinatum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Codokia eburnea (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Ctena pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Jagonia jagon Récluz, 1869 · unaccepted
Lucina (Jagonia) actinophora Simonelli, 1890 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lucina pecten Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus eburnea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Venus eburnea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3292 [details]
page(s): 3292 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ctena eburnea (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225597 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Venus eburnea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3292 [details]
original description (of Cardium pectinatum 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): 681 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Jagonia jagon Récluz, 1869) Récluz, C. A. (1869). Mélanges malacologiques. <em>Actes de la Socété Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 27(1): 29-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35747488
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Lucina pecten Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 543-544 [details]
original description (of Lucina (Jagonia) actinophora Simonelli, 1890 †) Rothpletz, A. & Simonelli, V. (1890). Die marinen Ablagerungen auf Gran Canaria. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, Berlin.</em> 42: 677-736, pls. 35-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9816879
page(s): 705, pl. 25 fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 3292 [details]
original description (of Cardium pectinatum 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): 681 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Jagonia jagon Récluz, 1869) Récluz, C. A. (1869). Mélanges malacologiques. <em>Actes de la Socété Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 27(1): 29-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35747488
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Lucina pecten Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 543-544 [details]
original description (of Lucina (Jagonia) actinophora Simonelli, 1890 †) Rothpletz, A. & Simonelli, V. (1890). Die marinen Ablagerungen auf Gran Canaria. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, Berlin.</em> 42: 677-736, pls. 35-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9816879
page(s): 705, pl. 25 fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]. [details]
Identification resource
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.
page(s): 454-455 [details]
page(s): 454-455 [details]
Other
additional source
Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). <i>Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae</i>. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 151, fig. 70l [details]
page(s): 151, fig. 70l [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Cardium pectinatum Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ctena eburnea)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Ctena eburnea (Gmelin, 1791) Ghana, Greater Accra, Accra Bay, east of Accra, beache...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-36634) (from synonym Venus eburnea Gmelin, 1791)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ctena eburnea)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Ctena eburnea (Gmelin, 1791) Ghana, Greater Accra, Accra Bay, east of Accra, beache...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-36634) (from synonym Venus eburnea Gmelin, 1791)
