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Digitaria digitaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

138825  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138825)

accepted
Species
Digitaria digitata [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of Digitaria...)  
misspelling of Digitaria digitaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Digitaria vulgaris S. V. Wood, 1853 · unaccepted > unavailable name (name introduced in synonymy and...)  
name introduced in synonymy and therefore not available
Lucina curviradiata Nyst, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lucina digitalis Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus cancellata Delle Chiaje, 1830 · unaccepted > junior homonym (not Venus cancellata Linnaeus,...)  
not Venus cancellata Linnaeus, 1758
Woodia digitaria (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
recent + fossil
(of Tellina digitaria 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): 677 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Digitaria digitaria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138825 on 2026-03-31
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Digitaria digitaria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138825 on 2026-03-31
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2006-04-13 07:37:35Z
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2008-05-17 14:57:54Z
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original description (of Astarte excentrica Deshayes, 1846) Deshayes, G. P. (1845-1848). Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie. Histoire naturelle des Mollusques. Tome premier. Mollusques Acéphalés. Paris, Imprimerie Royale xx + 609 pp. , available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN623314185, https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN616153929, https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN623315394
page(s): pl. 81 figs 7-10 [details] 

original description (of Digitaria vulgaris S. V. Wood, 1853) Wood, S. V. (1848-1882). A monograph of the Crag Mollusca with descriptions of shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles. 2. Bivalves. London: printed for the Palaeontographical society. Part 1: pp. I-XII, 1-208, pl. 1-21 [1848]. Part 2: 1-150, pl. 1-12 [1851] 151-216, pl. 13-20 [1853] 217-342, pl. 21-31 [1857], (note) 1-2 [1861]. Part 3 (Suppl.): I-XXXI, 1-99, pl. 1-7 [1872], 99-231, pl. 8-11 + addendum [1874]. Part 4 (2 Suppl.): 1-58, pl. 1-6 [1879]. Part 5 (3 Suppl.): 1-24, pl. 1 [1882]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11876 [details] 

original description (of Tellina digitaria 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): 677 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Lucina curviradiata Nyst, 1835) Nyst, P. H. J. (1835). Recherches sur les coquilles fossiles de la province d'Anvers. Perichon, Bruxelles, 36 pp. + 5 pls., available online at https://books.google.gr/books?id=R5JJAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 6, pl. 1 fig. 20 [details] 

original description (of Lucina digitalis Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details] 

original description (of Venus cancellata Delle Chiaje, 1830) Delle Chiaje S. (1823-1831). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. <em>Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4).</em> Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830][dates according to Sherborn, 1922]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10021
page(s): pl. 86 fig. 29-30 [details] 

original description (of Digitaria digitata var. rubra Pallary, 1902) Pallary, P. (1902). Liste des mollusques testacés de la baie de Tanger. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 50: 1-39, pl. 1., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16318852
page(s): 32 [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source 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 RoR) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Besteiro, C., J.S. Troncoso, J. Parapar, L.V. Salvini-Plawen & V. Urgorri, 1991. Hallazgos de Monobrachium parasitum (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) en asociacion con Digitaria digitaria (Mollusca, Bivalva). Iberus 9 1-2: 91-96. [details] 

additional source 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] 

additional source Marina, P.; Urra, J.; Bueno, J. D. D.; Rueda, J. L.; Gofas, S.; Salas, C. (2020). Spermcast mating with release of zygotes in the small dioecious bivalve <i>Digitaria digitaria</i>. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 10: 12605., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69457-2 [details] 

additional source Moerdijk, P.W., Janssen, A.W., Wesselingh, F.P., Peeters, G.A., Pouwer, R., Nieulande, F.A.D. van, Janse A.C., Slik, L. van der, Meijer, T. Rijken, R., Cadée, G.C., Hoeksema, D., Doeksen, G., Bastemeijer, A., Strack, H., Vervoenen, M. & Poorten, J.J. ter. (2010). De fossiele schelpen van de Nederlandse kust. <em>Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis, Leiden.</em> 332 pp.
page(s): 155, fig. 236 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Marquet, R. (2005). The Neogene Bivalvia (Heterodonta and Anomalodesmata) and Scaphopoda from Kallo and Doel (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium). <em>Palaeontos.</em> 6: 1-142, pls 1-62.
page(s): 40, pl. 22 fig. 3 [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): 374-375 [details] 
 
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