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Diplodonta rotundata (Montagu, 1803) 
AphiaID: 141883

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Ungulinoidea (Superfamily) > Ungulinidae (Family) > Diplodonta (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Diplodonta Bronn, 1831
Synonymised
taxa
  Diplodonta berghi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897
Diplodonta dilatata Philippi, 1836
Diplodonta eddystonia (Marshall, 1895)
Diplodonta rotundata var. eddystonia (Marshall, 1895)
Scintilla eddystonia J. T. Marshall, 1895
Venus lupinus Brocchi, 1814
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: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: BODC (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch ronde komschelp  [details]
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Variety Diplodonta rotundata var. eddystonia (Marshall, 1895) accepted as Diplodonta rotundata (Montagu, 1803)
Environment marine
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
English Channel [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North Coast of Ireland [details]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Red Sea [details]
South Coast of Ireland [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Africa [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (145 publications)
To CLEMAM
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 ITIS
Note  Distribution: Even though Pelseneer (1881b) put this species in his list, it is not known for sure that Diplodonta rotundata can be found at the Belgian coast. [details]
Images 
Ronde komschelp - Diplodonta rotundata
Ronde komschelp - Diplodonta rotundata
added on 2011-11-29 - author: Godfried Warreyn
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Eben (1884, plaat 5)
Eben (1884, plaat 5)
added on 2012-07-24 - author: Anoniem in Eben (1884)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Diplodonta rotundata
Diplodonta rotundata
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141883
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Diplodonta rotundata (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141883 on 2013-05-23
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