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Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)

345281  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345281)

accepted
Species
Arcinella laevis R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Erycina nucleola Récluz, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesodesma exiguum Lovén, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mya bidentata Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted (original combination)
Rochefortia bidentata (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mya bidentata Montagu, 1803) 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): 44, pl. 26 fig. 5 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345281 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature

original description (of Mya bidentata Montagu, 1803) 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): 44, pl. 26 fig. 5 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Erycina nucleola Récluz, 1843) Récluz, C. A. (1843). Catalogue descriptif de plusieurs nouvelles espèces de coquilles de France suivi d'observations sur quelques autres. Revue zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne. 6: 5-12, 104-112, 228-238, 257-261., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2271208
page(s): 328 [details] 

original description (of Arcinella laevis R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062
page(s): 54; pl. 16 fig. 10 [details] 

original description (of Mesodesma exiguum Lovén, 1846) Lovén, S. L. (1846). Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar. (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39077288
page(s): 196 [details] 

original description (of Montacuta bidentata var. triangularis J. T. Marshall, 1893) Marshall, J. T. (1893-1894). Additions to 'British Conchology' [Part 1]. Journal of Conchology. 7: 241-265 [October 1893], 379-385 [April 1894]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573735
page(s): 246 [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Salas, C. (2008). A review of European ‘Mysella' species (Bivalvia, Montacutidae), with description of Kurtiella new genus. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 74(2): 119-135., available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eym053 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of the Water Framework Directive in the period 2007-2009. [details] 

additional source Prevedelli, D.; Simonini, R.; Ansaloni, I. (2001). Relationship of non-specific commensalism in the colonization of the deep layers of sediment. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 81(6): 897-901., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315401004817 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ockelmann, K. W. & Muus, K. (1978). The biology, ecology and behaviour of the Bivalve Mysella bidentata (Montagu). Ophelia. 17(1): 1-93. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1978.10425474 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Popham, M. L. (1940). The mantle cavity of some of the Erycinidae, Montacutidae and Galeommatidae with special reference to the ciliary mechanisms. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 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] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Habitat Deep-Sea records are probably based on misidentified specimens or on shells transported downslope: this is essentially a shelf species [details]
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Dutch tweetandschelpjetweetandschelp [from synonym]tweetandmosseltje [from synonym]dwergmosseltje [from synonym]  [details]
English two-toothed Montagu shellbidentate montacutid [from synonym]  [details]
German Zweizähnige Linsenmuschel [from synonym]kleine Linsenmuschel [from synonym]Kleine Linsenmuschel  [details]