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

Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

*Venus gallina*	Linnaeus, 1758	basionym
*Venus gallina*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Venus gallina var. alba*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venus gallina var. articulata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Venus gallina var. flava*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venus gallina var. major*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venus gallina var. minima*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venus nucleus*	Statuti, 1880	synonym
*Venus nuculata*	Locard, 1892	synonym
*Venus sinuata*	Born, 1778	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: venusi me shirita sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: rossellona sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

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

English-United States: Striped Venus sources: Charles Hussey

French: galinette; vénus sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;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.

Greek: Χάβαρο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: chirla

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 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	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 (16 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:141907