Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Genus Chamelea

Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chamelea*	Mörch, 1853	accepted genus name
*Ortygia*	T. Brown, 1827	later homonym
*Ortygia*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym

Species group names

*Pectunculus striatulus*	da Costa, 1778	basionym
*Ortygia sulcata*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Pectunculus striatulus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Venus gallina var. gibba*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Venus gallina var. triangularis*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Venus laminosa*	Laskey, 1811	synonym
*Venus lusitanica*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Venus pallida*	Turton, 1822	synonym
*Venus pennanti*	Forbes, 1838	synonym
*Venus prideauxiana*	Couch, 1841	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: almindelig venusmusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: gewone venusschelp sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: gestreifte Venusmuschel sources: Holtmann, S.E.; Groenewold, A.; Schrader, K.H.M.; Asjes, J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; van Bostelen, A.J.; van der Meer, J. (1996). Atlas of the zoobenthos of the Dutch continental shelf. Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management: Rijswijk, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-369-4301-9. 243 pp.

Swedish: finräfflad venusmussla

Literature

original description	Da Costa E. M. (1778). Historia Naturalis Testaceorum Britanniae. London: Millan, White, Elmsley & Robson XII + 254 + VIII p., 17 pl:
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp.
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.

Taxon found in 15 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141908