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

Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dosinia*	Scopoli, 1777	accepted genus name
*Arctoe*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Arthemis*	Poli, 1791	synonym
*Exoleta*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym

Species group names

*Arctoe fulva*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Dosinia complanata*	Locard, 1892	synonym
*Dosinia exoleta var. castanea*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Dosinia exoleta var. interrupta*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Dosinia exoleta var. major*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Dosinia exoleta var. parcipicta*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Dosinia exoleta var. ponderosa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Dosinia exoleta var. radians*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Dosinia exoleta var. zonata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Exoleta orbiculata*	Brown, 1827	synonym
*Exoleta radula*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Pectunculus capillaceus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Venus exoleta*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): sirkelskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Dutch: artemisschelp; gewone artemisschelp sources: de Bruyne, R.H. (1991). Schelpen van de Nederlandse kust [Shells of the Dutch coast]. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij/KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5107-017-9. III, 165 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: rayed artemis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Rayed Artemis sources: Charles Hussey

Galician: reló

German: Artemismuschel

Greek: Στρογγυλή αχιβάδα; Ψευτοχάβαρο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: lupino

Norwegian: sirkelskjell sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: sirkelskjell sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10: 688

Norwegian Nynorsk: sirkelskjel sources: Systema Naturae ed. 10: 688

Nynorsk (Norwegian): sirkelskjel

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	Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.
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	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) 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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (17 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (143 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Dosinia exoleta. 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:141911