Taxon profile

genus

Venus Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Bivalvia - bivalves » order Venerida » family Veneridae - venus clams » subtribus Venerina

Included taxa

Number of records: 22

species Venus albina Sowerby, 1853

species Venus analoga E. Forbes, 1846

species Venus arcotensis E. Forbes, 1846

species Venus casina C. Linnaeus, 1758

species Venus cassinaeformis Yokoyama, 1924

species Venus chevreuxi Ph. Dautzenberg, 1891

species Venus crebrisulca Lamarck, 1818

species Venus crenatula Sowerby, 1852

species Venus damasoi T. Cossignani, 2015

species Venus declivis Sowerby, 1853

species Venus eximia E. Forbes, 1846

species Venus lyra Hanley, 1845

species Venus nux J. F. Gmelin, 1791

species Venus petricosa C.T. Simpson, 1855

species Venus petulca C. Linnaeus, 1758

species Venus sinuosa (J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1818)

species Venus subrosalina J.R. le B. Tomlin, 1923

species Venus thomassini Fischer-Piette & Vukadinovic, 1977

species Venus verdensis Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906

species Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758

Fossil taxa

species Venus burdigalensis Mayer, 1863 ^†

Nomina dubia ^dub.

species Venus foveolata Sowerby, 1853 ^dub.

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1404643]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Venus Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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