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Montacuta Turton, 1822 
AphiaID: 138185

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Galeommatoidea (Superfamily) > Montacutidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Ligula substriata Montagu, 1808 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Montacutidae W. Clark, 1855
Synonymised
taxa
  Coriareus Hedley, 1907
Montaguia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892 (unjustified emendation of Montacuta)
Phascoliophila F. Nordsieck, 1969
Sphenalia S. V. Wood, 1874 (objective synonym of Montacuta)
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Montacuta cruzensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969
Species Montacuta cylindracea E. A. Smith, 1885
Species Montacuta divaricata Gould, 1861
Species Montacuta donacina Wood S., 1848 †
Species Montacuta echinocardiophila Habe, 1964
Species Montacuta goudi van Aartsen, 1997
Species Montacuta jervisensis Laseron, 1956
Species Montacuta maltzani Verkrüzen, 1875
Species Montacuta meridionalis Tate, 1887
Species Montacuta minuscula Dall, 1899
Species Montacuta nimrodiana Hedley, 1911
Species Montacuta percompressa Dall, 1899
Species Montacuta phascolionis Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1925
Species Montacuta pura (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Species Montacuta semiradiata Tate, 1889
Species Montacuta spitzbergensis Knipowitsch, 1901
Species Montacuta substriata (Montagu, 1808)
Species Montacuta subtriangularis E. A. Smith, 1890
Species Montacuta voeringi Friele, 1879

Species Montacuta chalcedonica Carpenter, 1857 (nomen dubium)
Species Montacuta convexa Monterosato, 1875 (nomen dubium)
Species Montacuta obtusa Carpenter, 1865 (nomen dubium)

Species Montacuta bidentata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)
Species Montacuta ceriantha Ponder, 1971 accepted as Montacutona mutsuwanensis Yamamoto & Habe, 1959
Species Montacuta christenseni Grieg, 1929 accepted as Waldo parasiticus (Dall, 1876)
Species Montacuta coquimbensis Hanley, 1857 accepted as Mysella coquimbensis (Hanley, 1857)
Species Montacuta crassa Yokoyama, 1927 accepted as Eolepton crassum (Yokoyama, 1927)
Species Montacuta cuneata Verrill & Bush, 1898 accepted as Pythinella cuneata (Verrill & Bush, 1898)
Species Montacuta dawsoni Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Altenaeum dawsoni (Jeffreys, 1864)
Species Montacuta elevata Stimpson, 1851 accepted as Aligena elevata (Stimpson, 1851)
Species Montacuta elliptica Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Kurtiella elliptica (Carpenter, 1857)
Species Montacuta ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808) accepted as Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)
Species Montacuta floridana Dall, 1899 accepted as Orobitella floridana (Dall, 1899)
Species Montacuta gouldi J. H. Thompson, 1867 accepted as Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803)
Species Montacuta japonica Yokoyama, 1922 accepted as Montacutona japonica (Yokoyama, 1922)
Species Montacuta oblongata Yokoyama, 1922 accepted as Nipponomysella oblongata (Yokoyama, 1922)
Species Montacuta ornata Barnard, 1964 accepted as Barrimysia ornata (Barnard, 1964)
Species Montacuta pelseneeri Prashad, 1932 accepted as Cicatellia pelseneeri (Prashad, 1932)
Species Montacuta semirubra (Gaglini, 1992) accepted as Tellimya semirubra (Gaglini, 1992)
Species Montacuta siliqua Barnard, 1964 accepted as Nipponomysella siliqua (Barnard, 1964)
Species Montacuta subquadrata Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Semelina subquadrata (Carpenter, 1857)
Species Montacuta subtruncata Yokoyama, 1927 accepted as Nipponomysella subtruncata (Yokoyama, 1927)
Species Montacuta tenella Lovén, 1846 accepted as Tellimya tenella (Lovén, 1846)
Species Montacuta triquetra Suter, 1913 accepted as Parvithracia suteri Finlay, 1927
Species Montacuta triquetra Verrill & Bush, 1898 accepted as Spheniopsis triquetra (Verrill & Bush, 1898)
Species Montacuta vitrea (Hedley, 1907) accepted as Tellimya vitrea (Hedley, 1907)
Species Montacuta voringi Friele, 1879 accepted as Montacuta voeringi Friele, 1879
Species Montacuta yamakawai Yokoyama, 1922 accepted as Byssobornia yamakawai (Yokoyama, 1922)
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To Macrozoobenthos communities of Svalbard
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Montacuta
Montacuta
added on 2006-02-09 - author: Marko Herrmann
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Montacuta
Montacuta
added on 2006-02-09 - author: Marko Herrmann
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138185
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2012-01-02 19:10:21Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Montacuta Turton, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138185 on 2013-05-25
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