Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Tellinoidea > Family Donacidae > Genus Donax

Donax variegatus (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Donax*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Capsella*	Gray, 1851	synonym

Species group names

*Capsella variegata*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Donax alboradiatus*	Danilo & Sandri, 1856	synonym
*Donax complanatus*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Donax variegatus var. albida*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895	synonym
*Donax variegatus var. calverti*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Donax variegatus var. suturata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895	synonym
*Donax variegatus var. tristis*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895	synonym
*Tellina polita*	Poli, 1791	synonym
*Tellina variegata*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Tellina vinacea*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: glad zaagje

Literature

basis of record	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Donax variegatus (Gmelin, 1791). 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:152220