North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799

AphiaID

141546 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141546)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Solen Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799

Synonymised names

Solen marginatus var. adusta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)

Solen marginatus var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)

Solen rotundatus L. Spengler, 1794 · unaccepted (declared nomen oblitum by Cosel...)

declared nomen oblitum by Cosel et al. (2014)

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Variety Solen marginatus var. adusta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895 accepted as Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799 (synonym)
Variety Solen marginatus var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895 accepted as Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799 (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Pulteney, R. (1799). Catalogue of the birds, shells, and some of the more rare plants of Dorsetshire. London, Nichols, 92 pp.
page(s): 28 [details]

Type data

Note Weymouth.

Type locality Weymouth. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141546 on 2026-06-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=141546 on 2026-06-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-09-01 00:20:14Z

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von Cosel, Rudo

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original description Pulteney, R. (1799). Catalogue of the birds, shells, and some of the more rare plants of Dorsetshire. London, Nichols, 92 pp.
page(s): 28 [details]

original description (of Solen rotundatus L. Spengler, 1794) Spengler L. (1794). Nøiere Bestemmelse og Udvidelse af det Linneiske Genus Solen.. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet, Kiøbenhavn. 3(2): 81-114., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN608227374_0003%7CLOG_0033 [details]

original description (of Solen marginatus var. adusta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 500 [details]

original description (of Solen marginatus var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 500 [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 Cosel R. von (1993). The razor shells of the eastern Atlantic. Part 1: Solenidae and Pharidae I (Bivalvia: Solenacea). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 122 (Zilch Festschrift): 207-321, available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/122/1993/207 [details] Available for editors

additional source Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S.; Poutiers, J. M. (2014). Nomenclatural notes on some European and West African marine bivalve species. Iberus. 32 (1): 65-85., available online at https://zenodo.org/record/4583602
page(s): 71-71; note: declared "nomen protectum" against several older names [details] Available for editors

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): 724-725 [details]