North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Venerupis geographica (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

141931 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141931)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Venerupis Lamarck, 1818

Original name

Venus geographica Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Venus geographica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted

Venus tenorii O. G. Costa, 1830 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Venus geographica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3293 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venerupis geographica (Gmelin, 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=141931 on 2026-05-31

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Venerupis geographica (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=141931 on 2026-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2017-11-26 22:09:15Z

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Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Venus geographica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3293 [details]

original description (of Venus tenorii O. G. Costa, 1830) Costa, O. G. (1830 ["1829"]). Catalogo sistematico e ragionato de' testacei delle Due Sicilie. Tipografia della Minerva, Napoli, pp. 1-8, i-cxxxii, pl. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13047696
page(s): xxxiv, xxxvii [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

status source Gofas, S.; Moreno, D.; Salas, C. (2011). Moluscos marinos de Andalucía: II. Clase Gastropoda (Heterobranchia), clase Bivalvia, clase Scaphopoda, clase Cephalopoda, glosario e índices. Servicio de Publicaciones e Intercambio Científico, Universidad de Málaga: Málaga. ISBN 978-84-9747-382-8. XII, 343-798 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 679; note: Treated as distinct from V. corrugata (Gmelin, 1791) with which it occurs sympatrically [details]