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Kurtiella ovata (Jeffreys, 1881) 
AphiaID: 345282

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Galeommatoidea (Superfamily) > Montacutidae (Family) > Kurtiella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Kurtiella Gofas & Salas, 2008
Synonymised
taxa		  Mysella ovata (Jeffreys, 1881) (currently placed in genus Kurtiella)
Sources  basis of record: Gofas S. & Salas C. 2008. A review of European ‘Mysella’ species (Bivalvia, Montacutidae), with description of Kurtiella new genus. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 74(2): 119-135 [details]

from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English ovate mysella (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links to CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345282
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-05-15 14:59:27Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Kurtiella ovata (Jeffreys, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345282 on 2013-05-18
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