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Kurtiella tumida (Carpenter, 1864) 
AphiaID: 606421

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 aleutica Dall, 1899
 Mysella sovaliki MacGinitie, 1959
 Rochefortia ferruginosa Dall, 1916
 Rochefortia tumida (Carpenter, 1864)
 Tellimya tumida Carpenter, 1864 (original combination)
Sources  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]

original description (from synonym): MacGinitie N. (1959) Marine Mollusca of Point Barrow, Alaska. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 109: 59-208. [Published 18 September 1959]
page(s): 173 [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 40 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English robust mysella (from synonym)  [details]
Images 
Mysella sovaliki
[image from synonym]
Mysella sovaliki
added on 2007-01-31 - author: Warén, Anders
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Mysella sovaliki
[image from synonym]
Mysella sovaliki
added on 2007-01-31 - author: Warén, Anders
qualitystatus: not checked

Mysella sovaliki
[image from synonym]
Mysella sovaliki
added on 2007-01-31 - author: Warén, Anders
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:606421
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2012-07-24 08:10:51Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Kurtiella tumida (Carpenter, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=606421 on 2013-06-18
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