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Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ruditapes decussatus, Fig.1
Ruditapes decussatus, Fig.1

231749  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231749)

accepted
Species
Tapes (Ruditapes) decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (Classification variation)
Tapes decussata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (wrong gender agreement of specific name)
Venus decussata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Venus florida Poli, 1795 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus vesta Brusina, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Venus decussata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 690 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231749 on 2026-04-24
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231749 on 2026-04-24
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2006-07-03 07:56:36Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-21 16:42:19Z
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Gofas, Serge
2012-01-29 17:40:01Z
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Gofas, Serge
2014-01-14 17:10:13Z
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Gofas, Serge
2024-02-29 15:00:13Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of Cuneus reticulatus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 202-204 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Tapes extensus Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 434, 595 [details] 

original description (of Venus decussata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 690 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Venus fusca Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3281 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Venus obscura Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3289 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Venus truncata 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): 597 [details] 

original description (of Venus florida Poli, 1795) Poli, J. X. (1795). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata</i>. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644
page(s): 97-98 [details] 

original description (of Tapes decussatus var. quadrangula Jeffreys, 1864) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 360 [details] 

original description (of Tapes decussatus var. radiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 436 [details] 

original description (of Tapes decussatus var. texta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 437 [details] 

original description (of Tapes decussatus var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 436 [details] 

original description (of Tapes decussatus var. albida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 437 [details] 

original description (of Tapes decussatus var. varians Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 437 [details] 

original description (of Tapes decussatus var. intermedia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 436 [details] 

original description (of Venus variegata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3281 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Venus vesta Brusina, 1870) Brusina, S. (1870). Ipsa Chiereghinii Conchylia, ovvero contribuzione pella Malacologia Adriatica desunta dal manoscritto descrizione de' Crostacei, de' Testacei, e de' Pesci che abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto, rappresentati in figure, a chiaro-scuro ed a colori dall Abate S. Chiereghini ... illustrata da S. Brusina. <em>Pisa, Biblioteca Malacologica.</em> 280 pp., available online at https://archive.org/stream/ipsachiereghini00chiegoog
page(s): 83 [details] 

basis of record Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 183, pl. XLV, fig. 5 [details] 

additional source Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] 

source of synonymy Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in RoR) [details] 

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 928-929 [details] 
 
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Dutch geruite tapijtschelp [from synonym]  [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Tapes (Ruditapes) decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Tapes (Ruditapes) decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (111 barcodes) 
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Venerupis decussata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tapes (Ruditapes) decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Tapes extensus Locard, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (139 publications) (from synonym Venus decussata Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (175 publications) (from synonym Tapes decussata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (206 publications) (from synonym Tapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Venus florida Poli, 1795)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) (from synonym Venerupis decussata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus FREAK) 
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus FREAK) 
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus FREAK) 
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus GIANT) 
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus GIANT) 
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus GIANT) 
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus LARGE) 
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus LARGE) 
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus LARGE) 
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus SPECIAL COLOR) 
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus SPECIAL COLOR) 
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus SPECIAL COLOR) 
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus) 
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus) 
To Conchology (Ruditapes decussatus) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ruditapes decussatus) 
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets 
To GenBank (5105 nucleotides; 233 proteins) 
To GenBank (5105 nucleotides; 233 proteins) (from synonym Venus decussata Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (5105 nucleotides; 233 proteins) (from synonym Tapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) 
To Malacopics (Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Greece, Voreio Aigaio, Lesvos, Kolpos Kallonis... 
To Malacopics (Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Portugal, Açores, Sao Jorge, Ponta da Caldeira... 
To Malacopics (Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758)) 
To Malacopics (Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758)) 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI (from synonym Tapes decussata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Tapes (Ruditapes) decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Venerupis decussata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Cuneus reticulatus da Costa, 1778)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Venus florida Poli, 1795)
To PESI (from synonym Tapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Tapes decussatus var. quadrangula Jeffreys, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Tapes decussatus var. radiata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Tapes decussatus var. texta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Tapes decussatus var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Tapes decussatus var. albida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Tapes decussatus var. varians Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Tapes decussatus var. intermedia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893)
To PESI (from synonym Venus fusca Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Venus obscura Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Venus truncata Lamarck, 1818)
To PESI (from synonym Venus variegata Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Venus vesta Brusina, 1870)
To PESI (from synonym Venus decussata Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Tapes extensus Locard, 1886)
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