Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Galeommatoidea > Family Kelliidae > Genus Kellia

Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Kellia*	Turton, 1822	accepted genus name
*Kellya*	Philippi, 1853	synonym
*Oronthea*	Leach, 1852	synonym

Species group names

*Mya suborbicularis*	Montagu, 1803	basionym
*Bornia inflata*	Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Erycina pisum*	Scacchi, 1836	synonym
*Kellia cailliaudii*	Récluz, 1857	synonym
*Mya suborbicularis*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Oronthea montaguana*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Tellimya lactea*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Tellimya tenuis*	T. Brown, 1826	synonym
*Tellina sinuosa*	Brusina, 1870	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gewone holteschelp; holtemosseltje; holteschelpje

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	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
additional source	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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (239 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803). 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:140161