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Venus

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Venus Linnaeus p. 684
1904Venus Glenn p. 304
1923Venus Clark and Arnold p. 148
1943Venus Gardner pp. 127, 129
1957Venus Camacho
1973Venus Marasti p. 109
1980Venus Vokes p. 168
1984Venus Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 104
1984Venus Pugaczewska p. 55
1988Venus Freneix et al. p. 432
1999Venus Wienrich p. 252
2002Venus Sepkoski
2010Venus Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusVenus

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 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 petricosa Simpson 1855
Venus pseudoscalaris Trentanove 1901
Venus quadrata Deshayes 1857
Venus retisculpta Meyer 1886
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