Dosinia orbiculata Dunker, 1877
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dosinia orbiculata Dunker, 1877
- Name authority
- Dunker, 1877
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Venerida
- Family
- Veneridae
- Genus
- Dosinia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassAutobranchia Grobben, 1894
- infraclassHeteroconchia J. E. Gray, 1854
- subterclassEuheterodonta Giribet & Distel, 2003
- superorderImparidentia Bieler, P. M. Mikkelsen & Giribet, 2014
- orderVenerida J. E. Gray, 1854
- superfamilyVeneroidea Rafinesque, 1815
- familyVeneridae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyDosiniinae Deshayes, 1853
- genusDosinia Scopoli, 1777
- speciesDosinia orbiculata Dunker, 1877
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dosinia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dosinia abyssicola T. Habe, 1961 | VeneridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dosinia alta (Dunker, 1849) | VeneridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dosinia altior Deshayes, 1853 | VeneridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dosinia amphidesmoides (Reeve, 1850) | VeneridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dosinia auberti Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967 | VeneridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dosinia benereparata Laws, 1930 | VeneridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Dosinia bensoni Marwick, 1927 | VeneridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Dosinia bilunulata (J. E. Gray, 1838) | VeneridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dosinia cingulifera Römer, 1863 | VeneridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dosinia conglobata Römer, 1862 | VeneridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dosinia cunninghami M. Huber, 2010 | VeneridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dosinia greyi Zittel, 1865 | VeneridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dosinia subulata E. A. Smith, 1916 sensu Okutani, 2000 E. A. Smith, 1916 | misapplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Dunker, W. (1877). Mollusca nonnulla nova maris Japonici. Malakozoologische Blätter, 24: 67–75. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:37GD5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.