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Laternula Röding, 1798

138106  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138106)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
  9. Thracioidea (Superfamily)
  10. Laternulidae (Family)
  11. Laternula (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Solen anatinus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Laternula anatina (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Anatina Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Anatina...)  
junior homonym of Anatina Schumacher, 1817; Butor and Butorella are replacement names
Butor Gistel, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Butorella Strand, 1928 · unaccepted (synonym)
Laternulina Habe, 1952 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Laternula anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Species Laternula boschasina (Reeve, 1860)
  3. Species Laternula bullata (Reeve, 1863)
  4. Species Laternula corrugata (Reeve, 1863)
  5. Species Laternula creccina (Reeve, 1860)
  6. Species Laternula elliptica (P. P. King, 1832)
  7. Species Laternula gracilis (Reeve, 1860)
  8. Species Laternula impura (Pilsbry, 1901)
  9. Species Laternula japonica (Lischke, 1872)
  10. Species Laternula laterna (Lamarck, 1818)
  11. Species Laternula melorum T. Cossignani, 2023
  12. Species Laternula navicula (Reeve, 1863)
  13. Species Laternula takekosugei Thach, 2020
  14. Subgenus Laternula (Exolaternula) T. Habe, 1977 accepted as Exolaternula T. Habe, 1977 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Laternula (Exolaternula) erythraea S. Morris & N. Morris, 1993 accepted as Exolaternula erythraea (S. Morris & N. Morris, 1993) (basionym)
  15. Subgenus Laternula (Laternula) Röding, 1798 accepted as Laternula Röding, 1798
  16. Species Laternula attenuata (Reeve, 1863) accepted as Laternula creccina (Reeve, 1860)
  17. Species Laternula erythraea S. Morris & N. Morris, 1993 accepted as Exolaternula erythraea (S. Morris & N. Morris, 1993) (original combination)
  18. Species Laternula flexuosa (Reeve, 1863) accepted as Laternula anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  19. Species Laternula kamakurana (Pilsbry, 1895) accepted as Exolaternula liautaudi (Mittre, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  20. Species Laternula lanterna [sic] accepted as Laternula laterna (Lamarck, 1818) (misspelling)
  21. Species Laternula liautaudi (Mittre, 1844) accepted as Exolaternula liautaudi (Mittre, 1844)
  22. Species Laternula limicola (Reeve, 1863) accepted as Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Species Laternula marilina (Reeve, 1860) accepted as Laternula gracilis (Reeve, 1860)
  24. Species Laternula nanhaiensis Q.-Q. Zhuang & Y.-Y. Cai, 1982 accepted as Exolaternula liautaudi (Mittre, 1844) (junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Laternula recta (Reeve, 1863) accepted as Laternula gracilis (Reeve, 1860)
  26. Species Laternula rostrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) accepted as Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791)
  27. Species Laternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791)
  28. Species Laternula subrostrata (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Laternula anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  29. Species Laternula tasmanica (Reeve, 1863) accepted as Laternula gracilis (Reeve, 1860)
  30. Species Laternula truncata auct. non Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791)
  31. Species Laternula vagina (Reeve, 1863) accepted as Laternula creccina (Reeve, 1860)
  32. Species Laternula valenciennesii (Reeve, 1863) accepted as Laternula laterna (Lamarck, 1818)
  33. Species Laternula argentea (Reeve, 1863) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  34. Species Laternula faba (Reeve, 1863) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  35. Species Laternula samalinsulae (Preston, 1914) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not a Laternula (J.D. Taylor, pers. com.))
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 155 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Laternula Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138106 on 2025-06-06
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2011-03-14 19:17:39Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2013-05-15 15:01:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2018-04-23 17:22:20Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2025-04-28 14:13:08Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 155 [details] 

original description (of Anatina Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 462 [details] 

original description (of Auriscalpium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 46 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 276 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

status source Taylor, J. D.; Glover, E. A.; Harper, E. M.; Crame, J. A.; Ikebe, C.; Williams, S. T. (2018). Left in the cold? Evolutionary origin of Laternula elliptica, a keystone bivalve species of Antarctic benthos. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 123(2): 360-376., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx144 [details] 

Other

additional source Aller, R. C. (1974). Prefabrication of shell ornamentation in the bivalve <i>Laternula</i>. <em>Lethaia.</em> 7(1): 43-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.1974.tb00883.x [details] 

subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 190 [details] 

 
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Japanese オキナガイ属オキナガイ亜属 [from synonym]  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Auriscalpium) (from synonym Auriscalpium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laternula) 
To Genbank (from synonym Auriscalpium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811)
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Unreviewed
Laternula anatina
Laternula anatina
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