WoRMS taxon details

Meretrix Lamarck, 1799

204011  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204011)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Veneroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Veneridae (Family)
  12. Meretricinae (Subfamily)
  13. Meretrix (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Circe (Cytherea) Lamarck, 1805 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cytheraea Lamarck, 1805 · unaccepted (alternative original spelling for...)  
alternative original spelling for Cytherea Lamarck, 1805
Cytherea Lamarck, 1805 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)  
Invalid: junior homonym of Cytherea Fabricius, 1794 [Diptera] and Cytherea Röding, 1798

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  1. Species Meretrix astricta (Reeve, 1864)
  2. Species Meretrix attenuata Dunker, 1863
  3. Species Meretrix aurora Hornell, 1917
  4. Species Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791)
  5. Species Meretrix lagiensis Thach, 2023
  6. Species Meretrix lamarckii Deshayes, 1853
  7. Species Meretrix lusoria (Röding, 1798)
  8. Species Meretrix lyrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
  9. Species Meretrix marisarabicum C. Martin & Matsukuma, 2020
  10. Species Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
  11. Species Meretrix morphina (Lamarck, 1818)
  12. Species Meretrix petechialis (Lamarck, 1818)
  13. Species Meretrix planisulcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)
  14. Species Meretrix subtrigona (Dunker, 1857)
  15. Species Meretrix taiwanica S.-T. Hsiao & S.-C. Chuang, 2023
  16. Species Meretrix tigris K.-Y. Lai & Y.-G. Nien, 2008
  17. Species Meretrix vestita (Reeve, 1864)
  18. Subgenus Meretrix (Agriopoma) Dall, 1902 accepted as Agriopoma Dall, 1902 (original rank)
  19. Subgenus Meretrix (Amiantis) P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Amiantis P. P. Carpenter, 1864
    1. Subgenus Meretrix (Callista) Poli, 1791 accepted as Callista Poli, 1791 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
      1. Species Meretrix (Callista) chione (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Subgenus Meretrix (Eutivela) Dall, 1891 accepted as Tivela Link, 1807 (junior synonym)
      1. Species Meretrix (Eutivela) iheringi Dall, 1891 accepted as Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818) (junior synonym)
      2. Species Meretrix (Eutivela) perplexa Dall, 1891 accepted as Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818) (junior synonym)
    3. Subgenus Meretrix (Lioconcha) Mörch, 1853 accepted as Lioconcha Mörch, 1853
      1. Subgenus Meretrix (Pitar) Römer, 1857 accepted as Pitar Römer, 1857
        1. Species Meretrix (Pitar) intricata Dautzenberg, 1908 accepted as Hyphantosoma intricatum (Dautzenberg, 1908) (basionym)
        2. Species Meretrix (Pitar) mediterranea Dautzenberg, 1891 accepted as Pitar mediterraneus (Aradas & Benoit, 1872) (synonym)
      2. Species Meretrix affinis (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Pitar affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
      3. Species Meretrix arabica (Chemnitz, 1795) accepted as Circenita varia (Forsskål, 1775) (unavailable: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
      4. Species Meretrix aresta Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901 accepted as Agriopoma arestum (Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901)
      5. Species Meretrix chione (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758)
      6. Species Meretrix citrina (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Pitar citrinus (Lamarck, 1818)
      7. Species Meretrix compressa Römer, 1866 accepted as Meretrix lamarckii Deshayes, 1853
      8. Species Meretrix culebrana Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901 accepted as Transennella culebrana (Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901)
      9. Species Meretrix exilis Römer, 1865 accepted as Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791)
      10. Species Meretrix florida (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Callista florida (Lamarck, 1818)
      11. Species Meretrix gordonis Yokoyama, 1927 accepted as Microcirce dilecta (A. Gould, 1861)
      12. Species Meretrix hebraea (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Pitar hebraeus (Lamarck, 1818)
      13. Species Meretrix iheringi Dall, 1891 accepted as Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818) (junior synonym)
      14. Species Meretrix intricata Dautzenberg, 1908 accepted as Hyphantosoma intricatum (Dautzenberg, 1908) (original combination)
      15. Species Meretrix labiosa Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
      16. Species Meretrix lentiginosa (Chemnitz, 1795) accepted as Circenita varia (Forsskål, 1775) (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
      17. Species Meretrix lineolata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854) accepted as Pitar lineolatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)
      18. Species Meretrix mediterranea Dautzenberg, 1891 accepted as Pitar mediterraneus (Aradas & Benoit, 1872)
      19. Species Meretrix perplexa Dall, 1891 accepted as Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818) (junior synonym)
      20. Species Meretrix reeveana (Hildago, 1903) accepted as Pitar laetus (Linnaeus, 1758)
      21. Species Meretrix rudis (Poli, 1795) accepted as Pitar rudis (Poli, 1795)
      22. Species Meretrix rutila Sternheimer, 1957 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
      23. Species Meretrix simpsoni Dall, 1895 accepted as Pitar simpsoni (Dall, 1895) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      24. Species Meretrix striata (Gray, 1838) accepted as Pitar striatus (Gray, 1838)
      25. Species Meretrix tumida G. B. Sowerby III, 1895 accepted as Costellipitar tumidus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1895)
      26. Species Meretrix umbonella (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Callista umbonella (Lamarck, 1818)
      27. Species Meretrix virgulata Tomlin, 1923 accepted as Meretrix lusoria (Röding, 1798)
      28. Species Meretrix grata Deshayes, 1853 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
      marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
      recent + fossil
      Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
      page(s): 85 [details] 
      MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Meretrix Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204011 on 2024-11-20
      Date
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      2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
      created
      Vanden Berghe, Edward
      2006-09-25 06:54:45Z
      changed
      Martinez, Olga
      2011-08-13 20:38:52Z
      checked
      Bouchet, Philippe
      2019-07-28 08:17:38Z
      changed
      Bouchet, Philippe
      2021-06-28 14:33:01Z
      changed
      Bouchet, Philippe

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      original description Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
      page(s): 85 [details] 

      original description (of Cytherea Lamarck, 1805) Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de]. (1805). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 7: 53-62, 130-139 [December 1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48531894
      page(s): 132 [details] 

      original description (of Cytheraea Lamarck, 1805) Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de]. (1805). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 7: 53-62, 130-139 [December 1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48531894
      page(s): 133 [details] 
      		 
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      Japanese ハマグリ属  [details]
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      To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meretrix) 
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      Eben (1884, figuur 24)
      Eben (1884, figuur 24)
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