BeRMS taxon details

Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 57007)
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 57007)

140161  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140161)

accepted
Species
Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803) 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.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 39 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140161 on 2026-06-19
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140161 on 2026-06-19
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2025-11-28 07:38:15Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803) 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.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 39 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [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] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Oldfield, E. (1961). The functional morphology of <i>Kellia suborbicularis</i> (Montagu), <i>Montacuta ferruginosa</i> (Montagu) and <i>M. substriata</i> (Montagu) (Mollusca, Lamellibranchiata. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 34: 255-295., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064872 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Popham, M. L. (1940). The mantle cavity of some of the Erycinidae, Montacutidae and Galeommatidae with special reference to the ciliary mechanisms. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 24(2): 549-587., available online at http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/1175/1/The_mantle_cavity_of_some_of_the_erycinidae,_montacutidae_and_galeommatidae_with_special_reference_to_the__ciliary_mechanisms.pdf [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. [details] 

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 486 [details] 
 
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Dutch holteschelpjeholtemosseltjegewone holteschelp  [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 57007) 
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (253 publications) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kellia suborbicularis) 
To GB Mollusca Types (Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll3908-17) (from synonym Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803) Faroe Islands, off Faroe Islands, 64°N) 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed