Dosinia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, subfamily Dosiniinae <small>Deshayes, 1853</small>. The shell of Dosinia species is disc-like in shape, usually white, and therefore is reminiscent of the shells of Lucinid bivalves.
The genus is known from the Cretaceous to the Recent periods (age range: 99.7 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world.
Species
Extant and extinct species within this genus include:
- Dosinia abyssicola <small>T. Habe, 1961</small> Indo
- Dosinia acetabulum <small> Conrad 1832</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia acetabulum <small> thori Ward 1992</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia africana <small> Gray 1838</small>
- Dosinia alta <small>(R. W. Dunker, 1848)</small> Red Sea
- Dosinia altenai <small>Fischer</small>
- Dosinia amphidesmoides <small>(Reeve, 1850)</small> Indo
- Dosinia angulosa <small>Philippi, 1847</small> Pacific
- Dosinia anus <small>(Philippi, 1848)</small>
- Dosinia aspera <small>Reeve, 1850</small> Indo
- Dosinia bilunulata <small>(Gray, 1838)</small> Indo
- Dosinia biscocta <small>(Reeve, 1850)</small> Indo
- Dosinia bruguieri <small>(Gray, 1838)</small> Australia
- Dosinia burckhardti <small> Ihering 1907</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia caelata <small>Reeve, 1851</small> Red Sea
- Dosinia caerulea <small> Reeve 1850</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia caerulea <small>Reeve, 1850</small> Australia
- Dosinia canaliculata <small>G. B. Sowerby III, 1887</small> China, Japan
- Dosinia castigata <small> Marwick 1960</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia chikuzenensis <small> Nagao 1928</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia chipolana <small> Dall 1903</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia coloradoensis <small> Rivera 1957</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia concentrica <small>(I. von Born, 1778)</small> - West Indian Dosinia, Pacific
- Dosinia contusa <small>(Reeve, 1850)</small> Australia
- Dosinia corcula <small>Römer, 1870</small> China
- Dosinia corrugata <small>Reeve, 1850</small> China, Japan
- Dosinia cumingii <small>Reeve, 1850</small> China, Japan
- Dosinia derupta <small>Römer, 1860</small> China
- Dosinia discus <small>(Reeve, 1850)</small> - Disk dosinia, Virginia to Florida
- Dosinia dunkeri <small>(Philippi, 1844)</small> West America
- Dosinia elegans <small>(Conrad, 1843)</small> - Elegant Dosinia, North Carolina to Texas
- Dosinia erythraea <small>Römer, 1860</small>
- Dosinia eudeli <small>Fischer</small>
- Dosinia exasperata <small>(Philippi, 1847)</small> Australia
- Dosinia excisa <small> Schröter 1788</small>
- Dosinia exoleta <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> - Rayed Artemis, Boreal-Atlantic and Lusitanian regions
- Dosinia extranea <small>(Iredale, 1937)</small> Australia
- Dosinia falconensis <small> Hodson 1931</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia glauca <small>Reeve, 1850</small> Japan
- Dosinia greyi <small>Zittel, 1864</small>
- Dosinia gruneri <small>Philippi, 1848</small> China, Japan
- Dosinia hayashii <small>T. Habe, 1976</small> Japan
- Dosinia hepatica <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small> South Africa
- Dosinia histrio <small> Gmelin 1791</small>
- Dosinia histrio <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> Indo
- Dosinia histrio <small>iwakawai Oyama & Habe, 1971</small> Japan
- Dosinia imparistriata <small> Tate 1887</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia incisa <small>(Reeve, 1850)</small> Australia
- Dosinia insularum <small>Fischer</small>
- Dosinia isocardia <small>(R. W. Dunker, 1843)</small> West Africa
- Dosinia iwakawai <small>Oyama & Habe, 1971</small> Indo
- Dosinia japonica <small>(Reeve, 1856)</small> North Pacific <small>[= Reeve, 1850 fide Abbott]</small>
- Dosinia juvenilis <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> Indo
- Dosinia kaspiewi <small> Fischer-Piette 1967</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia kaspiewi <small>Fischer</small>
- Dosinia lambata <small>(Gould, 1850)</small>
- Dosinia lamellatum <small>Reeve, 1850</small> Japan
- Dosinia laminata <small>(Reeve, 1850)</small> Indo
- Dosinia lechuzaensis <small> Rivera 1957</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia lucinalis <small>(Lamarck, 1835)</small> Australia
- Dosinia lupinus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758) </small> - Smooth Artemis, Boreal-Atlantic and Lusitanian regions
- Dosinia lupinus afra <small>Gmelin, 1791</small> Gabon
- Dosinia lupinus comta <small>S. L. Lovén, 1846</small> Europe
- Dosinia lupinus lincta <small>Pulteney, 1799</small> Norway
- Dosinia maoriana <small>Oliver, 1923</small>
- Dosinia mastrichtiensis <small> Vogel 1895</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia meridonalis <small> Ihering 1897</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia nanus <small>Reeve, 1850</small> China
- Dosinia nedigna <small>(Iredale, 1930)</small> Australia
- Dosinia nipponicum <small> Okutani & Habe, 1988</small> Japan
- Dosinia orbicularis <small> Agassiz 1845</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia orbiculata <small>R. W. Dunker, 1877</small> China, Japan
- Dosinia orbignyi <small>R. W. Dunker, 1845</small> West Africa
- Dosinia penicillata <small>Reeve, 1850</small> Indo
- Dosinia phenax <small>Finlay, 1930</small> New Zealand
- Dosinia physema <small>Römer, 1870</small> Japan
- Dosinia protojuvenilis <small> Noetling 1901</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia pseudoargus <small> d'Archiac and Haime 1853</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia pseudoargus <small> gedrosiana Vredenburg 1928</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia pubescens <small>Philippi, 1847</small> Indo
- Dosinia puella <small>Angas, 1867</small>
- Dosinia radiata <small>Reeve, 1850</small> Red Sea
- Dosinia roemeri <small>R. W. Dunker, 1863</small> Japan
- Dosinia santana <small> Loel and Corey 1932</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia scabriuscula <small>Philippi, 1847</small> Japan
- Dosinia scalaris <small> Menke 1843</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia scalaris <small>(C. T. Menke, 1843)</small> Indo
- Dosinia sculpta <small> Hanley 1845</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia sculpta <small>(Hanley, 1845)</small> Australia
- Dosinia semiobliterata <small> Deshayes 1853</small>
- Dosinia sieboldii <small>Reeve, 1850</small> Japan
- Dosinia stabilis <small>Iredale, 1929</small> Indo
- Dosinia subalata <small>Smith, 1916</small> China, Japan
- Dosinia subrosea <small>(Gray, 1835)</small>
- Dosinia subulata <small>Smith, 1916</small> Japan
- Dosinia troscheli <small>(Lischke, 1873)</small> Indo
- Dosinia truncata <small>Zhuang, 1964</small> China
- Dosinia tugaruana <small> Nomura 1935</small> âÂÂ
- Dosinia tumida <small>(Gray, 1838)</small> Red Sea
- Dosinia variegata <small>(Gray, 1838)</small> Indian Ocean
- Dosinia victoriae <small>(Gatliff and Gabriel, 1914)</small> Australia
- Dosinia zilchi <small>Fischer</small>
References
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- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979
- Abott and Morris, Shells of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies, Peterson Field Guides,
- Hayward et al., Sea Shore of Britain and Europe, 1996