WoRMS taxon details
Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803)
AphiaID: 140161
AphiaID: 140161
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Galeommatoidea (Superfamily) > Kelliidae (Family) > Kellia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Kellia Turton, 1822 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Bornia inflata Philippi, 1836 Bornia luticola Valenciennes, 1846 Chironia laperousii Deshayes, 1839 Erycina biocculta de Folin, 1867 Erycina proxima de Folin, 1867 Erycina santarosae Dall, 1916 Kellia japonica Pilsbry, 1895 Kellia laperousii (Deshayes, 1839) Kellia laperousii var. chironii Carpenter, 1864 Kellia rotundata Carpenter, 1864 Lepton fabagella Conrad, 1832 (doubtful synonym) Lepton meroeum Carpenter, 1864 Montacuta gouldi J. H. Thompson, 1867 Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803 (original combination) Oronthea montaguana Leach, 1852 Rochefortia grebnitzskii Dall, 1916 Tellimya lactea T. Brown, 1827 Tellimya tenuis T. Brown, 1826 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Montagu, G. (1803) Testacea Britannica or Natural History of British Shells, Marine, Land, and Fresh-water, Including the Most Minute: Systematically Arranged and Embellished with Figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp. and Vol. 2, 293–606 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details] 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: Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details] from synonym: Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Okutani T., ed. (2000) Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press. 1173 pp. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Angola [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] De Panne [details] Dorset [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Goote Bank [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mauritania [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North East Atlantic [details] North West Atlantic [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Africa [details] Wimereux [details] | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (239 publications) To CLEMAM To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: lower St. Lawrence estuary [details] Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details] Habitat: bathyal and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Spelling: Kellya and Kellea are wrong spellings of Kellia (Abbott, 1974). [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140161 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140161 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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