RAMS taxon details
Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803)
140161 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140161)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) 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]
page(s): 39 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140161 on 2026-04-17
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/RAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140161 on 2026-04-17
original description
(of ) 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]
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
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
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]
page(s): 39 [details]
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
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
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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 GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Malacopics (Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (253 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kellia suborbicularis)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Malacopics (Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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