MSBIAS taxon details
Montacuta W. Turton, 1822
138185 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138185)
accepted
Genus
- Species Montacuta cylindracea E. A. Smith, 1885
- Species Montacuta substriata (Montagu, 1808)
- Subgenus Montacuta (Tellimya) T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Tellimya T. Brown, 1827
- Species Montacuta (Tellimya) phascolionis Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1925 accepted as Mioerycina coarctata (S. V. Wood, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Montacuta dawsoni Jeffreys, 1864 accepted as Altenaeum dawsoni (Jeffreys, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Montacuta donacina S. V. Wood, 1851 sensu Jeffreys, 1864 † accepted as Devonia perrieri (Malard, 1904) (unaccepted > misapplication)
- Species Montacuta voeringi Friele, 1877 accepted as Tellimya voeringi (Friele, 1877)
- Species Montacuta vöringi Friele, 1877 accepted as Tellimya voeringi (Friele, 1877) (incorrect original spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
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 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Montacuta W. Turton, 1822. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138185 on 2026-02-10
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Montacuta W. Turton, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138185 on 2026-02-10
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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 [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 Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 324 [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 90 [details]
additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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 Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 324 [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 90 [details]
additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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