WoRMS taxon details
Leukoma Römer, 1857
492481 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492481)
accepted
Genus
Venus granulata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Leukoma granulata (Gmelin, 1791) (type by subsequent designation)
Antinioche Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chione (Nioche) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948 · unaccepted
Chione (Notochione) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Colonche Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted (synonym)
Granithaca Fischer-Piette & Vukadinovic, 1977 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Nioche Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nioche (Antinioche) Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nioche (Nioche) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Notochione Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948 · unaccepted (synonym)
Novathaca Habe, 1951 · unaccepted (synonym)
Paphia (Protothaca) Dall, 1902 · unaccepted (original combination)
Protothaca Dall, 1902 · unaccepted (synonym)
Protothaca (Tuangia) Marwick, 1927 · unaccepted
Tropithaca Olsson, 1961 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tuangia Marwick, 1927 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus (Leukoma) Römer, 1857 · unaccepted (original rank)
- Species Leukoma andytani Thach, 2023
- Species Leukoma asperrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
- Species Leukoma beili (Olsson, 1961)
- Species Leukoma columbiensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
- Species Leukoma crassicosta (Deshayes, 1835)
- Species Leukoma decussata (Deshayes, 1853)
- Species Leukoma ecuadoriana (Olsson, 1961)
- Species Leukoma euglypta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1914)
- Species Leukoma granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Leukoma grata (Say, 1831)
- Species Leukoma histrionica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
- Species Leukoma jedoensis (Lischke, 1874)
- Species Leukoma laciniata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
- Species Leukoma lima (G. B. Sowerby II, 1852)
- Species Leukoma metodon (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
- Species Leukoma pectorina (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Leukoma pertincta (Dall, 1902)
- Species Leukoma restorationensis (Frizzell, 1930)
- Species Leukoma staminea (Conrad, 1837)
- Species Leukoma subrostrata (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Leukoma sugillata (Reeve, 1863)
- Species Leukoma thaca (Molina, 1782)
- Species Leukoma tungthanhorum Thach, 2024
- Species Leukoma antiqua (P. P. King, 1832) accepted as Ameghinomya antiqua (P. P. King, 1832)
- Species Leukoma crenifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) accepted as Chionopsis crenifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
- Species Leukoma japonica Kira, 1954 accepted as Timoclea marica (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Venus (Leukoma) Römer, 1857) Römer E. (1857). Kritische Untersuchung der Arten des Mollusken-Geschlechts <i>Venus</i> bei Linné und Gmelin, mit Berücksichtigung der später beschriebenen Arten. Marburg. xiii + 135 p. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44076
page(s): 17 [details]
page(s): 17 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leukoma Römer, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492481 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Protothaca Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 364 [details]
original description (of Granithaca Fischer-Piette & Vukadinovic, 1977) Fischer-Piette, E.; Vukadinovic, D. (1977). Suite des révisions des Veneridae (Moll. Lamellibr.) Chioninae, Samaranginae et complément aux Venus. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (nouv. sér.) (A, Zoologie).</em> 106: 1-186, pls 1-22.
page(s): 96. [details]
original description (of Novathaca Habe, 1951) Habe, T. (1951-1953). Genera of Japanese shells. Pelecypoda and Scaphopoda. Kyoto, Part 1, 1-96 [Feb. 1951]; Part 2, 97-186 [Sept. 1951]; Part 3, 187-278, [279-280] [May 1952]; Part 4, 281-326 [Jan. 1953].
page(s): 180 [details]
original description (of Colonche Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909 [details]
original description (of Protothaca (Tuangia) Marwick, 1927) Marwick, J. (1927). The Veneridae of New Zealand. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 567-636., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1927-57.2.6.1.26
page(s): 623 [details]
original description (of Venus (Leukoma) Römer, 1857) Römer E. (1857). Kritische Untersuchung der Arten des Mollusken-Geschlechts <i>Venus</i> bei Linné und Gmelin, mit Berücksichtigung der später beschriebenen Arten. Marburg. xiii + 135 p. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44076
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Chione (Notochione) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948) Hertlein, L. G. & Strong, A. M. (1948). Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXXIX: Mollusks from the West Coast of Mexico and Central America. Part VI. <em>Zoologica.</em> 33(4): 163-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52150624
page(s): 188 [details]
original description (of Chione (Nioche) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948) Hertlein, L. G. & Strong, A. M. (1948). Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXXIX: Mollusks from the West Coast of Mexico and Central America. Part VI. <em>Zoologica.</em> 33(4): 163-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52150624
page(s): 186 [details]
page(s): 364 [details]
original description (of Granithaca Fischer-Piette & Vukadinovic, 1977) Fischer-Piette, E.; Vukadinovic, D. (1977). Suite des révisions des Veneridae (Moll. Lamellibr.) Chioninae, Samaranginae et complément aux Venus. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (nouv. sér.) (A, Zoologie).</em> 106: 1-186, pls 1-22.
page(s): 96. [details]
original description (of Novathaca Habe, 1951) Habe, T. (1951-1953). Genera of Japanese shells. Pelecypoda and Scaphopoda. Kyoto, Part 1, 1-96 [Feb. 1951]; Part 2, 97-186 [Sept. 1951]; Part 3, 187-278, [279-280] [May 1952]; Part 4, 281-326 [Jan. 1953].
page(s): 180 [details]
original description (of Colonche Olsson, 1961) Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29909 [details]
original description (of Protothaca (Tuangia) Marwick, 1927) Marwick, J. (1927). The Veneridae of New Zealand. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 567-636., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1927-57.2.6.1.26
page(s): 623 [details]
original description (of Venus (Leukoma) Römer, 1857) Römer E. (1857). Kritische Untersuchung der Arten des Mollusken-Geschlechts <i>Venus</i> bei Linné und Gmelin, mit Berücksichtigung der später beschriebenen Arten. Marburg. xiii + 135 p. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44076
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Chione (Notochione) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948) Hertlein, L. G. & Strong, A. M. (1948). Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXXIX: Mollusks from the West Coast of Mexico and Central America. Part VI. <em>Zoologica.</em> 33(4): 163-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52150624
page(s): 188 [details]
original description (of Chione (Nioche) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948) Hertlein, L. G. & Strong, A. M. (1948). Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXXIX: Mollusks from the West Coast of Mexico and Central America. Part VI. <em>Zoologica.</em> 33(4): 163-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52150624
page(s): 186 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
