North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Tapes decussata (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

141927 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141927)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (wrong gender agreement of specific name)

Accepted name

Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Tapes Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811

Original name

Venus decussata Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

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. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 690 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tapes decussata (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=141927 on 2026-09-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Tapes decussata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=141927 on 2026-09-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-07-03 07:56:36Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2023-06-15 19:54:35Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

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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. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 690 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Reeve, L. A. (1864). Monograph of the genus <i>Tapes</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pls 1-13 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [stated dates: pl. 2-6, January, 1864; pl. 7-11, February, 1864; pl. 1, 12-13, March 1864]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972321
page(s): pl. 11, species 57 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Spelling Tapes decussatus [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	geruite tapijtschelp	[details]

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