WoRMS taxon details
Mesodesma donacium (Lamarck, 1818)
367843 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367843)
accepted
Species
Donacilla chilensis A. d'Orbigny, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mactra donacia Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Mesodesma cuneata Potiez & Michaud, 1844 · unaccepted
Mesodesma lanceolata Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Mactra donacia 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): 479 [details]
page(s): 479 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesodesma donacium (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367843 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Donacilla chilensis A. d'Orbigny, 1846) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 530 [1846] [details]
original description (of Mactra donacia 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): 479 [details]
original description (of Mesodesma cuneata Potiez & Michaud, 1844) Potiez, V. L. V. & Michaud, A. L. G. (1844). Galerie des mollusques, ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des mollusques et coquilles du Muséum de Douai. Tome second, pp XXXVII-XLIV + 307 pp. + 3 (Suite du relevé des genres manquants; Errata). Atlas, pp 57-79, pls. XXXVIII-LXX [= 38-70]. Paris (Baillière). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12675360 [details]
original description (of Mesodesma lanceolata Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mesodesma</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls 1-4, and unpaginated text. [stated date: July 1854]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120513
page(s): pl. 4, species no. 25 [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): 530 [1846] [details]
original description (of Mactra donacia 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): 479 [details]
original description (of Mesodesma cuneata Potiez & Michaud, 1844) Potiez, V. L. V. & Michaud, A. L. G. (1844). Galerie des mollusques, ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des mollusques et coquilles du Muséum de Douai. Tome second, pp XXXVII-XLIV + 307 pp. + 3 (Suite du relevé des genres manquants; Errata). Atlas, pp 57-79, pls. XXXVIII-LXX [= 38-70]. Paris (Baillière). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12675360 [details]
original description (of Mesodesma lanceolata Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Mesodesma</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls 1-4, and unpaginated text. [stated date: July 1854]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120513
page(s): pl. 4, species no. 25 [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]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Herm, D. (1969). Marines Pliozän und Pleistozän in Nord- und Mittel-Chile unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entwicklung der Mollusken- Faunen. <em>Zitteliana.</em> 2: 1-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28274642
page(s): 118, pl. 9, fig. 8-11; note: Pliocene and Pleistocene fossil record [details] Available for editors
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additional source Carré, M., Bentaleb, I., Bruguier, O., Ordinola, E., Barrett, N. T., & Fontugne, M. (2006). Calcification rate influence on trace element concentrations in aragonitic bivalve shells: evidences and mechanisms. <em>Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.</em> 70(19), 4906-4920. [details]
additional source Herm, D. (1969). Marines Pliozän und Pleistozän in Nord- und Mittel-Chile unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entwicklung der Mollusken- Faunen. <em>Zitteliana.</em> 2: 1-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28274642
page(s): 118, pl. 9, fig. 8-11; note: Pliocene and Pleistocene fossil record [details] Available for editors

additional source Carré, M., Bentaleb, I., Bruguier, O., Ordinola, E., Barrett, N. T., & Fontugne, M. (2006). Calcification rate influence on trace element concentrations in aragonitic bivalve shells: evidences and mechanisms. <em>Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.</em> 70(19), 4906-4920. [details]





To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Mactra donacia Lamarck, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesodesma donacium)
To GenBank (364 nucleotides; 298 proteins)
To Malacopics (Mesodesma donacium (Lamarck, 1818) Chile, Tarapacá, Iquique, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-23203) (from synonym Mactra donacia Lamarck, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Mactra donacia Lamarck, 1818)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesodesma donacium)
To GenBank (364 nucleotides; 298 proteins)
To Malacopics (Mesodesma donacium (Lamarck, 1818) Chile, Tarapacá, Iquique, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-23203) (from synonym Mactra donacia Lamarck, 1818)