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

Venerupis corrugata (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Venerupis*	Lamarck, 1818	accepted genus name
*Pullastra*	G. B. Sowerby I, 1826	synonym
*Venerupis (Venerupis)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym

Species group names

*Tapes dactyloides*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1852	synonym
*Venerupis pullastra*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Venerupis saxatilis*	(Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802)	synonym
*Venerupis senegalensis*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Venus corrugata*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Venus geographica*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Venus lithophaga*	Danilo & Sandri, 1856	synonym
*Venus pullastra*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Venus punctulata*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Venus saxatilis*	Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802	synonym
*Venus senegalensis*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Venus tenorii*	O. G. Costa, 1830	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: corrugated venus

Literature

original description	Gmelin, J.F., 1788-1793. In: Linné, C., Systema naturae, Edit. 13 aucta et reformata cura J.F. Gmelin. 10 vols, Lipsiae. 1788-1793 et Lugduni, 1789-1796. -1,6
additional source	Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 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.
additional source	Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
additional source	Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM)
additional source	Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Huber, M.; Gofas, S. (2014). Venerupis corrugata. 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:181364