North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Ervilia castanea (Montagu, 1803)

To GB Mollusca Types (Donax castaneus Montagu, 1803; Lectotype & Paralectotype(s); EXEMS Moll3729)

AphiaID

141440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141440)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ervilia W. Turton, 1822

Original name

Donax castaneus Montagu, 1803

Synonymised names

Donax castaneus Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Donax castaneus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 573; pl. 17 fig. 2 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ervilia castanea (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141440 on 2026-06-19

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ervilia castanea (Montagu, 1803). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=141440 on 2026-06-19

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Donax castaneus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 573; pl. 17 fig. 2 [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 Morton, B. & Scott, P. H. (1990). Relocation of Ervilia Turton, 1822 (Bivalvia) from the Mesodesmatidae (Mesodesmatoidea) to the Semelidae (Tellinoidea). The Veliger. 33(3): 299-304., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42465467 [details]

additional source Moreno D. (1999). Descripción de la comunidad de Ervilia castanea (Montagu, 1803) (Bivalvia, Tellinoidea) en fondos de arena gruesa del Cabo de Gata (Almería, SE de la Península Ibérica). Iberus 16(2): 21-38 [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]

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 689 [details]

subsequent type designation Morton, B. & Scott, P. H. (1990). Relocation of Ervilia Turton, 1822 (Bivalvia) from the Mesodesmatidae (Mesodesmatoidea) to the Semelidae (Tellinoidea). The Veliger. 33(3): 299-304., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42465467
page(s): 300; note: Lectotype designated and figured [details]