MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pitar tumens (Gmelin, 1791)

WoRMS taxon details

Pitar tumens (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

225550 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225550)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pitar Römer, 1857

Original name

Venus tumens Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Caryatis fidicinia Römer, 1867 · unaccepted

Chama pitar Adanson, 1757 · unaccepted

Cytherea pudica Menke, 1850 · unaccepted

Pitar pudica (Menke, 1850) · unaccepted

Pitaria tumens (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted

Venus tumens Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Venus tumens Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3292 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pitar tumens (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225550 on 2025-04-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-22 07:58:54Z

created

Mint Jiddou, Azza

2010-09-23 11:55:17Z

checked

Huber, Markus

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cytherea pudica Menke, 1850) Menke, K. T. (1850). Zwei neue Cytherea-Arten meiner Sammlung. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 6:145-146., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300243 [details]

original description (of Venus tumens Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3292 [details]

original description (of Caryatis fidicinia Römer, 1867) Römer, E. (1864-1869). Monographie der Molluskengattung Venus, Linné. 1. Band: subgenus Cytherea Lamarck. Cassel, Th. Fischer, 217 p., 59 pl. [pp. 1-12, pl. 1-3, 1864; pp. 13-42, pl. 4-9, 1865; pp. 43-66, pl. 10-18, 1866; pp. 67-126, pl. 19-33, 1867; pp. 127-172, pl. 34-46, 1868; pp. 173-217, pl. 47-59 and title page to vol. 1, 1869]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11686
page(s): 111, pl. 30 fig. 2 [details]

basis of record 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 894-895 [details]

Other

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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