WoRMS taxon details

Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758)

138749  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138749)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Pteriomorphia (Infraclass)
  7. Pectinida (Order)
  8. Anomioidea (Superfamily)
  9. Anomiidae (Family)
  10. Heteranomia (Genus)
  11. Heteranomia squamula (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
(of Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 701 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138749 on 2025-07-17
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge

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Nomenclature

original description (of Anomia aculeata O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 249 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 701 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Anomia cucullata Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details] 

original description (of Anomia cylindrica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 

original description (of Anomia cymbiformis Maton & Rackett, 1807) Maton, W. G. & Rackett, T. (1807). A descriptive catalogue of the British Testacea. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 8 (17): 17-250, 5 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/766478
page(s): 104 [details] 

original description (of Anomia flexuosa Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 

original description (of Anomia lens Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details] 

original description (of Anomia membranacea Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details] 

original description (of Anomia punctata Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details] 

original description (of Anomia rugosa Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 

original description (of Anomia spinosa Reeve, 1859) Reeve, L. A. (1859). Monograph of the genus <i>Anomia</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 11. L. Reeve & Co., London. pl. 1-8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: August 1859]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183432
page(s): Sp. 22 [details] 

original description (of Monia cladocorae Parenzan, 1974) Parenzan, P. (1970-1976). <i>Carta d'identità delle conchiglie del Mediterraneo</i>. Taranto, Bios Taras. Vol. 1 (Gasteropodi): 1-283 [1970]. Vol. 2 parte 1 (Bivalvi): 1-277 con 46 tav. [1974]. Vol. 2 parte 2 (Bivalvi): 283-546 con 56 tav. [1976]. Vol. 3 (Bibliografia): 1-50.
page(s): 129-130, 257 [details] 

original description (of Monia aculeata var. laevis Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912) Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1912). <i>Mollusques provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle et de la Princesse-Alice dans les Mers du Nord</i>. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, 37: 1-629, 11 plates. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40217555
page(s): 319 [details] 

original description (of Anomia aculeata var. hirta Dautzenberg, 1898) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1898). Coup d'oeil sur la faune du département de la Loire-Inférieure. Mollusques, in: (1898). Nantes et la Loire-Inférieure. pp. 1-23 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

original description (of Anomia tubularis W. Turton, 1822) 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): 267 [details] 

original description (of Anomia venusta R. A. Philippi, 1850) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 3: 132 [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] 

Identification resource

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 278-279 [details] 

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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LanguageName 
Danish lille sadelmusling  [details]
Dutch schilferige dekschelp  [details]
English smallest saddle oysterprickly jinglejingle shell [from synonym]  [details]
French anomie épineuse [from synonym]  [details]
German Kleine Sattelmuschel  [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pododesmus squamula (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Anomia membranacea Lamarck, 1819)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (132 publications) (from synonym Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (238 publications) (from synonym Anomia aculeata O. F. Müller, 1776)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Monia aculeata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Anomia rugosa Gmelin, 1791)
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heteranomia squamula) 
To Genbank 
To Genbank (from synonym Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Malacopics (Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) Atlantic Ocean, off W Scotland, Rockall Trough... 
To Malacopics (Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Dinard, bea... 
To Malacopics (Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) Norway, Nordland, Morsvikfjorden, Morsvik, bea... 
To Malacopics (Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758)) 
To Malacopics (Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758)) 
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Anomia aculeata O. F. Müller, 1776)
To PESI (from synonym Pododesmus squamula (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Anomia aculeata var. hirta Dautzenberg, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Anomia rugosa Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Anomia spinosa Reeve, 1859)
To PESI (from synonym Anomia tubularis W. Turton, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Monia cladocorae Parenzan, 1974)
To PESI (from synonym Anomia cucullata Bruguière, 1789)
To PESI (from synonym Anomia cylindrica Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Anomia cymbiformis Maton & Rackett, 1807)
To PESI (from synonym Anomia flexuosa Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Anomia lens Lamarck, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Anomia membranacea Lamarck, 1819)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Anomia aculeata O. F. Müller, 1776)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 067027) 
To ITIS
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