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Taxonomy
Venus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Venerinae by Glenn (1904), Gardner (1943), Vokes (1980), Pugaczewska (1984), Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984), Freneix et al. (1988); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Veneridae by Clark and Arnold (1923), Camacho (1957), Marasti (1973), Wienrich (1999), Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Venerinae by Glenn (1904), Gardner (1943), Vokes (1980), Pugaczewska (1984), Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984), Freneix et al. (1988); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Veneridae by Clark and Arnold (1923), Camacho (1957), Marasti (1973), Wienrich (1999), Bouchet et al. (2010).
Species
V. (Mioclausinella), V. (Ventricoloidea), V. (Venus), V. anceps, V. arcotensis, V. arroyoensis, V. biplicata, V. brioniana, V. chilensis, V. cleryana, V. collinium, V. conformis, V. corella, V. crenatula, V. cyprinoides, V. cythereaeformis, V. deleta, V. delicatula, V. depressa, V. ebergenyii, V. eximia, V. fallaciosa, V. foveolata, V. geslini, V. inopinata, V. insula, V. kennerlyi, V. lenticularis, V. martini, V. mekranica, V. mitsuiana, V. nux, V. parva, V. petricosa, V. pseudoscalaris, V. quadrata, V. retisculpta, V. rhysomia, V. sulcata, V. tetrahedra, V. turgescens, V. vespertina, V. victoriana, V. virginiana
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Venus Linnaeus p. 684 |
| 1904 | Venus Glenn p. 304 |
| 1923 | Venus Clark and Arnold p. 148 |
| 1943 | Venus Gardner pp. 127, 129 |
| 1957 | Venus Camacho |
| 1973 | Venus Marasti p. 109 |
| 1980 | Venus Vokes p. 168 |
| 1984 | Venus Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 104 |
| 1984 | Venus Pugaczewska p. 55 |
| 1988 | Venus Freneix et al. p. 432 |
| 1999 | Venus Wienrich p. 252 |
| 2002 | Venus Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Venus Bouchet et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Venus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Venus (Mioclausinella) Kautsky 1936
Subg. Venus (Venus) Linnaeus 1758
†Venus anceps Deshayes 1857
†Venus arcotensis Forbes 1846
†Venus arroyoensis Camacho 1957
†Venus biplicata Schafhaeutl 1853
†Venus brioniana Trask 1922
†Venus chilensis d'Orbigny 1842
†Venus cleryana d'Orbigny 1842
†Venus collinium Anderson 1938
†Venus conformis Deshayes 1857
†Venus corella Anderson 1938
Venus crenatula Sowerby 1852
†Venus cyprinoides Wilckens 1907
†Venus cythereaeformis Deshayes 1857
†Venus deleta Deshayes 1857
†Venus delicatula Deshayes 1857
†Venus depressa Roemer 1836
†Venus ebergenyii Bose 1906
†Venus eximia Forbes 1846
†Venus fallaciosa Deshayes 1857
Venus foveolata Sowerby 1853
†Venus geslini Deshayes 1857
†Venus inopinata Deshayes 1857
†Venus insula Hupé 1854
Venus kennerlyi Gabb 1866
†Venus lenticularis Gabb 1864
†Venus martini Clark 1915
†Venus mekranica Vredenburg 1928
†Venus mitsuiana Yokoyama 1911
†Venus nux Gmelin 1791
†Venus parva Wilckens 1907
†Venus petricosa Simpson 1855
†Venus pseudoscalaris Trentanove 1901
†Venus quadrata Deshayes 1857
†Venus retisculpta Meyer 1886
†Venus rhysomia Gabb 1861
†Venus sulcata Hector 1874
†Venus tetrahedra Gabb 1864
†Venus turgescens Deshayes 1857
†Venus vespertina Conrad 1857
†Venus victoriana Clark and Arnold 1923
†Venus virginiana Loel and Corey 1932
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available