Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Pectinoida > Superfamily Anomioidea > Family Anomiidae > Genus Monia

Monia squama (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Monia*	Gray, 1850	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Monia glauca*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Monia squama var. crassa*	Winckworth, 1922	synonym
*Patella squama*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Pododesmus squama*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Huber, M.; Gofas, S. (2014). Monia squama. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153028