NARMS taxon details
Kellia W. Turton, 1822
138095 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138095)
accepted
Genus
Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803) (type by subsequent designation)
Kellya R. A. Philippi, 1853 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (unjustified emendation of Kellia)
Oronthea Leach, 1852 · unaccepted
- Species Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Kellia abyssicola Forbes, 1844 accepted as Kelliella abyssicola (Forbes, 1844) accepted as Kelliella miliaris (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
- Species Kellia cailliaudii Récluz, 1858 accepted as Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803) (synonym)
- Species Kellia compressa Milaschewitsch, 1909 accepted as Hemilepton nitidum (W. Turton, 1822) (synonym)
- Species Kellia cycladia S. V. Wood, 1848 † accepted as Axinulus cycladius (S. V. Wood, 1848)
- Species Kellia danili Brusina, 1865 accepted as Lasaea rubra (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Kellia daniliana Brusina, 1866 accepted as Lasaea rubra (Montagu, 1803) (unaccepted > unjustified emendation, of Kellia danili Brusina, 1865)
- Species Kellia ferruginosa Forbes, 1844 accepted as Mendicula ferruginosa (Forbes, 1844) (original combination)
- Species Kellia macandrewi P. Fischer, 1867 accepted as Pseudopythina macandrewi (P. Fischer, 1867) (original combination)
- Species Kellia miliacea Issel, 1869 accepted as Alveinus miliaceus (Issel, 1869)
- Species Kellia spatangi Brusina, 1865 accepted as Montacuta substriata (Montagu, 1808) (synonym)
- Species Kellia symmetros Jeffreys, 1876 accepted as Kelliola symmetros (Jeffreys, 1876) (original combination)
- Species Kellia boglici Brusina, 1865 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Kellia coarctata S. V. Wood, 1851 accepted as Phascoliophila phascolionis (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1925) accepted as Mioerycina coarctata (S. V. Wood, 1851) (uncertain > nomen dubium, but accepted as valid name by Marquet, 2005: 19)
- Species Kellia transversa Forbes, 1844 accepted as Thyasira oblonga (Monterosato, 1878) accepted as Mendicula oblonga (Monterosato, 1880) (uncertain > nomen dubium, dubious synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 25, 56 [details]
page(s): 25, 56 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kellia W. Turton, 1822. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138095 on 2025-05-02
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Kellia W. Turton, 1822. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138095 on 2025-05-02
Date
action
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original description
Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 25, 56 [details]
original description (of Oronthea Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076 [details]
original description (of Kellya R. A. Philippi, 1853) Philippi, R. A. (1853). Handbuch der Conchyliologie und Malacozoologie. Halle: Eduard Anton. 547 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41222
page(s): 344 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
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 Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [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]
page(s): 25, 56 [details]
original description (of Oronthea Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076 [details]
original description (of Kellya R. A. Philippi, 1853) Philippi, R. A. (1853). Handbuch der Conchyliologie und Malacozoologie. Halle: Eduard Anton. 547 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41222
page(s): 344 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]. [details] Available for editors

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 Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [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]



