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

Donax vittatus (da Costa, 1778)

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

*Cuneus vittatus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Donax anatinus*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Donax atlanticus*	Hidalgo, 1867	synonym
*Donax ruber*	Turton, 1822	synonym
*Donax trunculus var. fulva*	Pallary, 1938	synonym
*Donax vittatus var. lactea*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913	synonym
*Donax vittatus var. magna*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1895	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: zaagje sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: banded wedge-shell; Sägezähnchen 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.;Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

French: flion; flion,; olive de mer sources: Degraer S., J. Wittoeck, W. Appeltans, K. Cooreman, T. Deprez, H. Hillewaert, K. Hostens, J. Mees, E. Vanden Berghe & M. Vincx (2006). The macrobenthos atlas of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belgian Science Policy. D/2005/1191/3. ISBN 90-810081-6-1. 164 pp.

German: gebänderte Dreiecksmuschel; gebänderte Sägemuschel; Sägezähnchen

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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (134 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Donax vittatus. 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:139604