Genus of bivalves
Dosinia genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae , subfamily Dosiniinae Deshayes , 1853Dosinia 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.[1]
Species
Dosinia coerulea Dosinia exasperata Dosinia lupinus lincta , the smooth artemisFossil shell of Dosinia orbicularis from Pliocene of Italy Extant and extinct species within this genus include:[1] [2]
Dosinia abyssicola T. Habe, 1961 IndoDosinia acetabulum Conrad 1832 †Dosinia acetabulum thori Ward 1992 †Dosinia africana Gray 1838 Dosinia alta (R. W. Dunker, 1848) Red SeaDosinia altenai Fischer Dosinia amphidesmoides (Reeve , 1850) IndoDosinia angulosa Philippi , 1847Dosinia anus (Philippi , 1848) Dosinia aspera Reeve , 1850Dosinia bilunulata (Gray, 1838) IndoDosinia biscocta (Reeve , 1850) IndoDosinia bruguieri (Gray, 1838) AustraliaDosinia burckhardti Ihering 1907 †Dosinia caelata Reeve , 1851Dosinia caerulea Reeve 1850 †Dosinia caerulea Reeve , 1850Dosinia canaliculata G. B. Sowerby III, 1887 China, JapanDosinia castigata Marwick 1960 †Dosinia chikuzenensis Nagao 1928 †Dosinia chipolana Dall 1903 †Dosinia coloradoensis Rivera 1957 †Dosinia concentrica (I. von Born, 1778) - West Indian Dosinia, PacificDosinia contusa (Reeve , 1850) AustraliaDosinia corcula Römer, 1870 ChinaDosinia corrugata Reeve , 1850Dosinia cumingii Reeve , 1850Dosinia derupta Römer, 1860 ChinaDosinia discus (Reeve, 1850) - Disk dosinia, Virginia to FloridaDosinia dunkeri (Philippi , 1844) West AmericaDosinia elegans (Conrad, 1843) - Elegant Dosinia, North Carolina to TexasDosinia erythraea Römer, 1860 Dosinia eudeli Fischer Dosinia exasperata (Philippi , 1847) AustraliaDosinia excisa Schröter 1788 Dosinia exoleta (Linnaeus , 1758 ) - Rayed Artemis, Boreal-Atlantic and Lusitanian regionsDosinia extranea (Iredale , 1937) AustraliaDosinia falconensis Hodson 1931 †Dosinia glauca Reeve , 1850Dosinia greyi Zittel, 1864 Dosinia gruneri Philippi , 1848Dosinia hayashii T. Habe, 1976 JapanDosinia hepatica (Lamarck , 1818) South AfricaDosinia histrio Gmelin 1791 Dosinia histrio (Gmelin , 1791) IndoDosinia histrio iwakawai Oyama & Habe, 1971 JapanDosinia imparistriata Tate 1887 †Dosinia incisa (Reeve , 1850) AustraliaDosinia insularum Fischer Dosinia isocardia (R. W. Dunker, 1843) West AfricaDosinia iwakawai Oyama & Habe, 1971 IndoDosinia japonica (Reeve , 1856) North Pacific [= Reeve, 1850 fide Abbott] Dosinia juvenilis (Gmelin , 1791) IndoDosinia kaspiewi Fischer-Piette 1967 †Dosinia kaspiewi Fischer Dosinia lambata (Gould , 1850) Dosinia lamellatum Reeve , 1850Dosinia laminata (Reeve , 1850) IndoDosinia lechuzaensis Rivera 1957 †Dosinia lucinalis (Lamarck , 1835) AustraliaDosinia lupinus (Linnaeus , 1758 ) - Smooth Artemis, Boreal-Atlantic and Lusitanian regions
Dosinia lupinus afra Gmelin , 1791Dosinia lupinus comta S. L. Lovén, 1846 EuropeDosinia lupinus lincta Pulteney, 1799 NorwayDosinia maoriana Oliver, 1923 Dosinia mastrichtiensis Vogel 1895 †Dosinia meridonalis Ihering 1897 †Dosinia nanus Reeve , 1850Dosinia nedigna (Iredale , 1930) AustraliaDosinia nipponicum Okutani & Habe, 1988 JapanDosinia orbicularis Agassiz 1845 †Dosinia orbiculata R. W. Dunker, 1877 China, JapanDosinia orbignyi R. W. Dunker, 1845 West AfricaDosinia penicillata Reeve , 1850Dosinia phenax Finlay , 1930Dosinia physema Römer, 1870 JapanDosinia protojuvenilis Noetling 1901 †Dosinia pseudoargus d'Archiac and Haime 1853 †Dosinia pseudoargus gedrosiana Vredenburg 1928 †Dosinia pubescens Philippi , 1847Dosinia puella Angas , 1867Dosinia radiata Reeve , 1850Dosinia roemeri R. W. Dunker, 1863 JapanDosinia santana Loel and Corey 1932 †Dosinia scabriuscula Philippi , 1847Dosinia scalaris Menke 1843 †Dosinia scalaris (C. T. Menke, 1843) IndoDosinia sculpta Hanley 1845 †Dosinia sculpta (Hanley, 1845) AustraliaDosinia semiobliterata Deshayes 1853 Dosinia sieboldii Reeve , 1850Dosinia stabilis Iredale , 1929Dosinia subalata Smith, 1916 China, JapanDosinia subrosea (Gray, 1835) Dosinia subulata Smith, 1916 JapanDosinia troscheli (Lischke, 1873) IndoDosinia truncata Zhuang, 1964 ChinaDosinia tugaruana Nomura 1935 †Dosinia tumida (Gray, 1838) Red SeaDosinia variegata (Gray, 1838) Indian OceanDosinia victoriae (Gatliff and Gabriel, 1914) AustraliaDosinia zilchi Fischer 
