Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Ungulinoidea > Family Ungulinidae > Genus Diplodonta

Diplodonta rotundata (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diplodonta*	Bronn, 1831	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tellina rotundata*	Montagu, 1803	basionym
*Venus lupinus*	Brocchi, 1814	later homonym; nom. inval.
*Diodonta barleei*	Jeffreys, 1858	synonym
*Diplodonta berghi*	Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897	synonym
*Diplodonta dilatata*	Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Diplodonta eddystonia*	(Marshall, 1895)	synonym
*Diplodonta rotundata var. eddystonia*	(Marshall, 1895)	synonym
*Scintilla eddystonia*	J. T. Marshall, 1895	synonym
*Tellina rotundata*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Venus lupinus*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym; nom. inval.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: ronde komschelp

Literature

original description	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. and Vol. 2, 293–606 pp.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Diplodonta rotundata. 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:141883