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Chamelea Mörch, 1853

Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 29.09.2009), actual size 16.2 mm.

AphiaID

138633 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138633)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Venus gallina Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Venerinae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Chamelea Mörch, 1853

Synonymised names

Hermione Leach, 1852 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)

invalid: junior homonym of Hermione Meigen, 1800 [Diptera]

Murcia (Chamelaea) Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded rank (incorrect subsequent spelling of...)

incorrect subsequent spelling of Chameleaa, and unaccepted rank

Ortygia T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)

invalid: junior homonym of Ortygia Boie, 1826 [Aves]

Venus (Chamelea) Mörch, 1853 · unaccepted

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Species Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778)
Species Chamelea bollonsi (A. W. B. Powell, 1932) accepted as Tawera bollonsi A. W. B. Powell, 1932 accepted as Tawera sphaericula (Deshayes, 1853) (superseded combination)
Species Chamelea coelata (Menke, 1843) accepted as Tawera coelata (Menke, 1843)
Species Chamelea gallinula (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Tawera gallinula (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Chamelea gayi (Hupé, 1854) accepted as Tawera elliptica (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Chamelea lagopus (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Tawera lagopus (Lamarck, 1818)
Species Chamelea marionae (H. J. Finlay, 1928) accepted as Tawera marionae H. J. Finlay, 1928 (superseded combination)
Species Chamelea mawsoni (Hedley, 1916) accepted as Tawera mawsoni (Hedley, 1916) (superseded combination)
Species Chamelea phenax (H. J. Finlay, 1930) accepted as Tawera phenax (H. J. Finlay, 1930) (superseded combination)
Species Chamelea philomela (E. A. Smith, 1885) accepted as Tawera philomela (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Chamelea rosa (A. W. B. Powell, 1955) accepted as Tawera rosa A. W. B. Powell, 1955 (superseded combination)
Species Chamelea sphaericula (Deshayes, 1853) accepted as Chamelea bollonsi (A. W. B. Powell, 1932) accepted as Tawera bollonsi A. W. B. Powell, 1932 accepted as Tawera sphaericula (Deshayes, 1853) (superseded combination)
Species Chamelea spissa (Deshayes, 1835) accepted as Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835) (superseded combination)
Species Chamelea torresiana (E. A. Smith, 1884) accepted as Tawera torresiana (E. A. Smith, 1884)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 2: 23 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chamelea Mörch, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138633 on 2025-01-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2013-07-31 10:54:40Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2022-01-09 19:51:35Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

2024-02-23 08:55:58Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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original description Mörch, O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 2: 23 [details]

original description (of Hermione Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 306 [details]

original description (of Ortygia T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pls 19-20 [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 Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 180 [details]