Venus verrucosa Warty venus

Linnaeus, 1758

Colour:
Off-white to light brown, darkest about umbones and anterio-dorsal margin, periostracum deeper brown. Inner surfaces white and very glossy.

Animal:
The foot is large and tongue-shaped, adapted in burrowing. The siphons are unequal, cylindrical, relatively short and united, save at the tips.

Habitat:
From lower shore to about 100 m, in sand and gravel.

Synonymised names
Pectunculus strigatus da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted
Venus (Anaitis) intersculpta G. B. Sowerby III, 1904 · unaccepted
Venus (Venus) verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 · alternative representation
Venus damasoi T. Cossignani, 2015 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus italica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus lemanii Payraudeau, 1826 · unaccepted
Venus nodosa Dunker, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior homonym of Venus nodosa...)
Venus simulans G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 · unaccepted
Venus subcordata Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted
Venus tuberosa Deshayes, 1853 · unaccepted
Venus verrucosa simulans G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 · unaccepted
Venus verrucosa var. aegyptiaca Pallary, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus verrucosa var. albolimbata Brusina, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus verrucosa var. capensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 · unaccepted
Venus verrucosa var. inaequivalvis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus verrucosa var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus verrucosa var. mitzopoulosi Sakellariou, 1958 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus verrucosa var. ornata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus verrucosa var. rosea Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus verrucosa var. transversa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus verrucosa var. tumida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Venus verrucosa verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Direct children (12)
Subspecies Venus verrucosa simulans G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 accepted as Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758
Variety Venus verrucosa var. aegyptiaca Pallary, 1912 accepted as Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Venus verrucosa var. albolimbata Brusina, 1891 accepted as Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Venus verrucosa var. capensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 accepted as Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758
Variety Venus verrucosa var. inaequivalvis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 accepted as Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Venus verrucosa var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 accepted as Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Venus verrucosa var. mitzopoulosi Sakellariou, 1958 accepted as Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Venus verrucosa var. ornata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 accepted as Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Venus verrucosa var. rosea Pallary, 1900 accepted as Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Venus verrucosa var. transversa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 accepted as Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Venus verrucosa var. tumida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893 accepted as Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Subspecies Venus verrucosa verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758