WoRMS name details
Loripes lacteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
717013 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717013)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Loripes lacteus var. angulata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896 accepted as Loripes orbiculatus Poli, 1795 (synonym)
- Variety Loripes lacteus var. lenticularis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1896 accepted as Loripes orbiculatus Poli, 1795 (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tellina lactea 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
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Nomenclature The name Loripes lacteus has long been in use for the species currently known as Loripes orbiculatus. Examination of...
Nomenclature The name Loripes lacteus has long been in use for the species currently known as Loripes orbiculatus. Examination of Linnaeus' type material in London shows that Linnaeus had in fact an ungulinid of the genus Transkeia. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Loripes lacteus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717013 on 2025-04-05
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(of Tellina lactea 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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Nomenclature The name Loripes lacteus has long been in use for the species currently known as Loripes orbiculatus. Examination of Linnaeus' type material in London shows that Linnaeus had in fact an ungulinid of the genus Transkeia. [details]
