Dosinia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, subfamily Dosiniinae Deshayes, 1853. 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.Fossilworks
Species
Extant and extinct species within this genus include:Catalogue of life
Dosinia abyssicola T. Habe, 1961 Indo Dosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 † Dosinia acetabulum thori Ward 1992 † Dosinia africana Gray 1838 Dosinia alta (R. W. Dunker, 1848) Red Sea Dosinia altenai Fischer Dosinia amphidesmoides (Reeve, 1850) Indo Dosinia angulosa Philippi, 1847 Pacific Dosinia anus (Philippi, 1848) Dosinia aspera Reeve, 1850 Indo Dosinia bilunulata (Gray, 1838) Indo Dosinia biscocta (Reeve, 1850) Indo Dosinia bruguieri (Gray, 1838) Australia Dosinia burckhardti Ihering 1907 † Dosinia caelata Reeve, 1851 Red Sea Dosinia caerulea Reeve 1850 † Dosinia caerulea Reeve, 1850 Australia Dosinia canaliculata G. B. Sowerby III, 1887 China, Japan Dosinia castigata Marwick 1960 † Dosinia chikuzenensis Nagao 1928 † Dosinia chipolana Dall 1903 † Dosinia coloradoensis Rivera 1957 † Dosinia concentrica (I. von Born, 1778) - West Indian Dosinia, Pacific Dosinia contusa (Reeve, 1850) Australia Dosinia corcula Römer, 1870 China Dosinia corrugata Reeve, 1850 China, Japan Dosinia cumingii Reeve, 1850 China, Japan Dosinia derupta Römer, 1860 China Dosinia discus (Reeve, 1850) - Disk dosinia, Virginia to Florida Dosinia dunkeri (Philippi, 1844) West America Dosinia elegans (Conrad, 1843) - Elegant Dosinia, North Carolina to Texas Dosinia erythraea Römer, 1860 Dosinia eudeli Fischer Dosinia exasperata (Philippi, 1847) Australia Dosinia excisa Schröter 1788 Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758) - Rayed Artemis, Boreal-Atlantic and Lusitanian regions Dosinia extranea (Iredale, 1937) Australia Dosinia falconensis Hodson 1931 † Dosinia glauca Reeve, 1850 Japan Dosinia greyi Zittel, 1864 Dosinia gruneri Philippi, 1848 China, Japan Dosinia hayashii T. Habe, 1976 Japan Dosinia hepatica (Lamarck, 1818) South Africa Dosinia histrio Gmelin 1791 Dosinia histrio (Gmelin, 1791) Indo Dosinia histrio iwakawai Oyama & Habe, 1971 Japan Dosinia imparistriata Tate 1887 † Dosinia incisa (Reeve, 1850) Australia Dosinia insularum Fischer Dosinia isocardia (R. W. Dunker, 1843) West Africa Dosinia iwakawai Oyama & Habe, 1971 Indo Dosinia japonica (Reeve, 1856) North Pacific [= Reeve, 1850 fide Abbott] Dosinia juvenilis (Gmelin, 1791) Indo Dosinia kaspiewi Fischer-Piette 1967 † Dosinia kaspiewi Fischer Dosinia lambata (Gould, 1850) Dosinia lamellatum Reeve, 1850 Japan Dosinia laminata (Reeve, 1850) Indo Dosinia lechuzaensis Rivera 1957 † Dosinia lucinalis (Lamarck, 1835) Australia Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Smooth Artemis, Boreal-Atlantic and Lusitanian regions Dosinia lupinus afra Gmelin, 1791 Gabon Dosinia lupinus comta S. L. Lovén, 1846 Europe Dosinia lupinus lincta Pulteney, 1799 Norway Dosinia maoriana Oliver, 1923 Dosinia mastrichtiensis Vogel 1895 † Dosinia meridonalis Ihering 1897 † Dosinia nanus Reeve, 1850 China Dosinia nedigna (Iredale, 1930) Australia Dosinia nipponicum Okutani & Habe, 1988 Japan Dosinia orbicularis Agassiz 1845 † Dosinia orbiculata R. W. Dunker, 1877 China, Japan Dosinia orbignyi R. W. Dunker, 1845 West Africa Dosinia penicillata Reeve, 1850 Indo Dosinia phenax Finlay, 1930 New Zealand Dosinia physema Römer, 1870 Japan Dosinia protojuvenilis Noetling 1901 † Dosinia pseudoargus d'Archiac and Haime 1853 † Dosinia pseudoargus gedrosiana Vredenburg 1928 † Dosinia pubescens Philippi, 1847 Indo Dosinia puella Angas, 1867 Dosinia radiata Reeve, 1850 Red Sea Dosinia roemeri R. W. Dunker, 1863 Japan Dosinia santana Loel and Corey 1932 † Dosinia scabriuscula Philippi, 1847 Japan Dosinia scalaris Menke 1843 † Dosinia scalaris (C. T. Menke, 1843) Indo Dosinia sculpta Hanley 1845 † Dosinia sculpta (Hanley, 1845) Australia Dosinia semiobliterata Deshayes 1853 Dosinia sieboldii Reeve, 1850 Japan Dosinia stabilis Iredale, 1929 Indo Dosinia subalata Smith, 1916 China, Japan Dosinia subrosea (Gray, 1835) Dosinia subulata Smith, 1916 Japan Dosinia troscheli (Lischke, 1873) Indo Dosinia truncata Zhuang, 1964 China Dosinia tugaruana Nomura 1935 † Dosinia tumida (Gray, 1838) Red Sea Dosinia variegata (Gray, 1838) Indian Ocean Dosinia victoriae (Gatliff and Gabriel, 1914) Australia Dosinia zilchi Fischer
References
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