Deep-Sea taxon details
Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758)
138749 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138749)
accepted
Species
Anomia aculeata O. F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 701 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 701 [details] Available for editors
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138749 on 2026-07-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138749 on 2026-07-13
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(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. [Prodromus of Danish Zoology, or the characters, names, and synonyms of the indigenous animals of Denmark and Norway, especially of the popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 701 [details] Available for editors
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]
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]
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 278-279 [details]
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 701 [details] Available for editors
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]
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]
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 278-279 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (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 (7 publications)
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 Troug...
To Malacopics (Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) Belgium, Antwerpen, Antwerpen)
To Malacopics (Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Dinard, be...
To Malacopics (Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zeeland, off Ellewoutsdijk)
To Malacopics (Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) Norway, Nordland, Morsvikfjorden, Morsvik, be...
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 Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Anomia aculeata O. F. Müller, 1776)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 067027)
To ITIS
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 (7 publications)
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 Troug...
To Malacopics (Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) Belgium, Antwerpen, Antwerpen)
To Malacopics (Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Dinard, be...
To Malacopics (Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zeeland, off Ellewoutsdijk)
To Malacopics (Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus, 1758) Norway, Nordland, Morsvikfjorden, Morsvik, be...
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 Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Anomia aculeata O. F. Müller, 1776)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 067027)
To ITIS
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