North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Loripes lacteus (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Poli, 1791

AphiaID

140281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140281)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > misapplication

Accepted name

Loripes orbiculatus Poli, 1795

Rank

Species

Parent

Loripes Poli, 1791

Original name

Tellina lactea Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Tellina lactea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 676 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Loripes lacteus (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Poli, 1791. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140281 on 2026-09-02

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Loripes lacteus (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Poli, 1791. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140281 on 2026-09-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-03-06 07:04:47Z

changed

Taylor, John

2011-12-25 09:11:27Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-05-05 10:31:02Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2022-04-24 18:43:24Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Tellina lactea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 676 [details] Available for editors

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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	melkwitte cirkelschelp	[details]

To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (143 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Loripes lacteus)
To PESI