MolluscaBase - Venus casina 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 685 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venus casina Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141934 on 2025-07-06

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Venus casina Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=141934 on 2025-07-06

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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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 685 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Pectunculus membranaceus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanni�, or, the British conchology; 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 Britanni�, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularit�s d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & fran�ois. 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): 193-194; pl. 13 fig. 4 left [details]

original description (of Venus casinula Deshayes, 1835) Deshayes, G. P. (1835). Mollusques. pp. 81-203, iii, pls. 18-28, 1 text fig. In: J.-B.-G.-M. Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), Exp�dition scientifique de Mor�e. Section des sciences physiques. Tome III (1.re Partie). Zoologie. Paris, F.G. Levrault. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5_OZq_dzQDgC
page(s): 101-103, pl. 18 figs 18-19 [details]

original description (of Venus consobrina Deshayes, 1854) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum. 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): 101 [details]

original description (of Venus discina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vert�bres. Tome cinqui�me, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdi�re. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]

original description (of Venus giraudi Gay, 1858) Gay, L. (1858). Catalogue des mollusques du d�partement du Var. Bulletin de la Soci�t� des Sciences , Belles-Lettres et Arts du D�partement du Var. 25-26: 133-215.
page(s): 172 [details]

original description (of Venus lactea Donovan, 1803) Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64386
page(s): vol. 5, pl. 149 [details]

original description (of Venus reflexa Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744 [details]

original description (of Venus rusterucii Payraudeau, 1826) Payraudeau, B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et m�thodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'Ile de Corse; avec huit planches repr�sentant quatre-vingt-huit esp�ces, dont soixante-huit nouvelles. Imprimerie de J. Tastu, Paris, vii + 218 pp., pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12944
page(s): 52-53, pl. 1 fig. 26-28 [details]

original description (of Venus casina var. siciliana Aradas & Benoit, 1872) Aradas A. & Benoit L. (1872-1876 ["1870"]). Conchigliologia vivente marina della Sicilia e delle isole che la circondano. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali. ser. 3, 6: 1-113, pls 1-2 [1872]; 113-226, pls 3-4 [1874]; 227-324, pl. 5 [1876]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43283 [details]

original description (of Venus casina var. aradasi Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. P�l�cypodes. Paris, J.B. Bailli�re & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309 [details]

original description (of Venus casina var. picta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. P�l�cypodes. Paris, J.B. Bailli�re & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 376 [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 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 Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des c�tes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammb�. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom. (look up in IMIS) [details]

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Mus�um, Paris, IRD �ditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 854-855 [details]