WoRMS taxon details
Circenita varia (Forsskål, 1775)
507523 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507523)
accepted
Species
Circe litturata Gray, 1838 · unaccepted
Circe pulchra Deshayes, 1853 · unaccepted (renamed Cytherea (Lioconcha)...)
renamed Cytherea (Lioconcha) deshayesiana Issel, 1869
Cytheraea lentiginosa (Chemnitz, 1795) · unaccepted (unavailable name, published in a...)
unavailable name, published in a work rejected by ICZN Direction 1; available from Dillwyn, 1817
Cytheraea subelliptica G. B. Sowerby II, 1851 · unaccepted
Cytherea (Lioconcha) deshayesiana Issel, 1869 · unaccepted (new name for Circe pulchra...)
new name for Circe pulchra Deshayes, 1853 (non "Gray" (= Venus pulchra W. Wood, 1828)); both concidered to belong to Cytherea by Issel
Cytherea (Lioconcha) doritis Römer, 1860 · unaccepted
Cytherea (Lioconcha) limenia Römer, 1860 · unaccepted
Cytherea arabica (Chemnitz, 1795) · unaccepted (unavailable name: published in a...)
unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1
Cytherea arabica Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gafrarium arabicum (Lamarck, 1818) · unaccepted
Lioconcha savignyi Pallary, 1926 · unaccepted
Meretrix arabica (Chemnitz, 1795) · unaccepted (unavailable: published in a work...)
unavailable: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1
Meretrix lentiginosa (Chemnitz, 1795) · unaccepted (unavailable name: published in a...)
unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1
Venus (Venus) bicolorata Anton, 1838 · unaccepted
Venus arabica Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted
Venus arabica Chemnitz, 1795 · unaccepted (unavailable name: published in a...)
unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1
Venus bicolorata Anton, 1838 · unaccepted
Venus bicolorata Chemnitz, 1795 · unaccepted (unavailable name: published in a...)
unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1
Venus caliste Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Venus lentiginosa Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted
Venus lentiginosa Chemnitz, 1795 · unaccepted (unavailable name: published in a...)
unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1
Venus varia Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Venus varia Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): xxxi [details]
page(s): xxxi [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Circenita varia (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507523 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Venus arabica Chemnitz, 1795) Chemnitz, J. H. (1780-1795). <i>Neues systematisches Conchylien Cabinet</i>. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nürnberg. Vol. 4 [1780]: [xxvii] + 344 pp. + 1 (errata), pl. 122-159; vol. 5 [1781]: [xxiv] + 324 p., pl. 160-193; vol. 6 [1782]: [xii] + 375 pp., pl. 1–36; vol. 7 [1784], [xii] + 356 pp., pl.. 37–69; vol. 8 [1785], xvi + 372 pp., pl. 70–102; vol. 9(1) [1786], xii + 151 pp., pl. 103–116; vol. 9(2) [1786], [xxvi] + 194 pp., pl. 117–136; vol. 10 [1788], [xx] + 376 pp., pl. 137–173; vol. 11 [1795], [xx] + 310 pp., pl. 174–213 [Work placed on the Official Index by ICZN Direction 1 (1954)] [volumes 1-3 are by F.H.W. Martini]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/43760
page(s): Venus Arabica, Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. 11, p. 224. pl. 201 fig. 1968-1970. [details]
original description (of Venus lentiginosa Chemnitz, 1795) Chemnitz, J. H. (1780-1795). <i>Neues systematisches Conchylien Cabinet</i>. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nürnberg. Vol. 4 [1780]: [xxvii] + 344 pp. + 1 (errata), pl. 122-159; vol. 5 [1781]: [xxiv] + 324 p., pl. 160-193; vol. 6 [1782]: [xii] + 375 pp., pl. 1–36; vol. 7 [1784], [xii] + 356 pp., pl.. 37–69; vol. 8 [1785], xvi + 372 pp., pl. 70–102; vol. 9(1) [1786], xii + 151 pp., pl. 103–116; vol. 9(2) [1786], [xxvi] + 194 pp., pl. 117–136; vol. 10 [1788], [xx] + 376 pp., pl. 137–173; vol. 11 [1795], [xx] + 310 pp., pl. 174–213 [Work placed on the Official Index by ICZN Direction 1 (1954)] [volumes 1-3 are by F.H.W. Martini]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/43760
page(s): vol. 11, p. 223, pl. 201 fig. 1963-1964 [details]
original description (of Circe litturata Gray, 1838) Gray, J. E. (1838). Catalogue of the species of the genus <i>Cytherea</i>, of Lamarck, with the description of some new genera and species. <em>The Analyst.</em> 8: 302-309., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15224965
page(s): 307 [details]
original description (of Circe pulchra Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 93. [details]
original description (of Lioconcha savignyi Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Explication des planches de J.C. Savigny. <em>Mémoires présentés à l'Institut d'Égypte.</em> 11: i-viii, 1-138, pl. 1-18., available online at https://archive.org/details/MIE_11
page(s): 107, pl. 13, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Venus arabica Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 186. [details]
original description (of Venus varia Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): xxxi [details]
original description (of Cytherea arabica 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): 571. [details]
original description (of Cytheraea subelliptica G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1851). Monograph of the genus <i>Cytheraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (12): 611-648, pl. 127-136. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936974
page(s): 644, pl. 135, fig. 169 [details]
original description (of Venus lentiginosa Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 184; note: based on Chemnitz (1795), vol. 11, p. 223, pl. 201 fig. 1963-1964; name introduced in synonymy, made availabe by usage as valid name of a taxon by G. B. Sowerby II, 1851 [details]
original description (of Cytherea (Lioconcha) deshayesiana Issel, 1869) Issel, A. (1869). <i>Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche</i>. Biblioteca Malacologica, Pisa. xi + 387 pp., pls 1-5. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43995
page(s): 67. [details]
original description (of Venus (Venus) bicolorata Anton, 1838) Anton, H. E. (1838). <i>Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer</i>. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, <i>The Veliger</i> 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): 9, nr. 329. [details]
original description (of Venus caliste 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 [details]
original description (of Cytherea (Lioconcha) limenia Römer, 1860) Römer E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer Venus-Arten. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 148-165., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919707
page(s): 151. [details]
original description (of Cytherea (Lioconcha) doritis Römer, 1860) Römer E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer Venus-Arten. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 148-165., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919707
page(s): 151. [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): Venus Arabica, Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. 11, p. 224. pl. 201 fig. 1968-1970. [details]
original description (of Venus lentiginosa Chemnitz, 1795) Chemnitz, J. H. (1780-1795). <i>Neues systematisches Conchylien Cabinet</i>. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nürnberg. Vol. 4 [1780]: [xxvii] + 344 pp. + 1 (errata), pl. 122-159; vol. 5 [1781]: [xxiv] + 324 p., pl. 160-193; vol. 6 [1782]: [xii] + 375 pp., pl. 1–36; vol. 7 [1784], [xii] + 356 pp., pl.. 37–69; vol. 8 [1785], xvi + 372 pp., pl. 70–102; vol. 9(1) [1786], xii + 151 pp., pl. 103–116; vol. 9(2) [1786], [xxvi] + 194 pp., pl. 117–136; vol. 10 [1788], [xx] + 376 pp., pl. 137–173; vol. 11 [1795], [xx] + 310 pp., pl. 174–213 [Work placed on the Official Index by ICZN Direction 1 (1954)] [volumes 1-3 are by F.H.W. Martini]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/43760
page(s): vol. 11, p. 223, pl. 201 fig. 1963-1964 [details]
original description (of Circe litturata Gray, 1838) Gray, J. E. (1838). Catalogue of the species of the genus <i>Cytherea</i>, of Lamarck, with the description of some new genera and species. <em>The Analyst.</em> 8: 302-309., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15224965
page(s): 307 [details]
original description (of Circe pulchra Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 93. [details]
original description (of Lioconcha savignyi Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Explication des planches de J.C. Savigny. <em>Mémoires présentés à l'Institut d'Égypte.</em> 11: i-viii, 1-138, pl. 1-18., available online at https://archive.org/details/MIE_11
page(s): 107, pl. 13, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Venus arabica Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 186. [details]
original description (of Venus varia Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): xxxi [details]
original description (of Cytherea arabica 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): 571. [details]
original description (of Cytheraea subelliptica G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1851). Monograph of the genus <i>Cytheraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (12): 611-648, pl. 127-136. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936974
page(s): 644, pl. 135, fig. 169 [details]
original description (of Venus lentiginosa Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 184; note: based on Chemnitz (1795), vol. 11, p. 223, pl. 201 fig. 1963-1964; name introduced in synonymy, made availabe by usage as valid name of a taxon by G. B. Sowerby II, 1851 [details]
original description (of Cytherea (Lioconcha) deshayesiana Issel, 1869) Issel, A. (1869). <i>Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche</i>. Biblioteca Malacologica, Pisa. xi + 387 pp., pls 1-5. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43995
page(s): 67. [details]
original description (of Venus (Venus) bicolorata Anton, 1838) Anton, H. E. (1838). <i>Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer</i>. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, <i>The Veliger</i> 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): 9, nr. 329. [details]
original description (of Venus caliste 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 [details]
original description (of Cytherea (Lioconcha) limenia Römer, 1860) Römer E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer Venus-Arten. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 148-165., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919707
page(s): 151. [details]
original description (of Cytherea (Lioconcha) doritis Römer, 1860) Römer E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer Venus-Arten. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 148-165., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919707
page(s): 151. [details]
basis of record 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gafrarium arabicum (Lamarck, 1818))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Circenita varia)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Venus varia Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Cytherea arabica Lamarck, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gafrarium arabicum (Lamarck, 1818))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Circenita varia)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Venus varia Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Cytherea arabica Lamarck, 1818)
