MSBIAS - Turtonia minuta (O. Fabricius, 1780)

MSBIAS taxon details

Turtonia minuta (O. Fabricius, 1780)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 54689)

AphiaID

141875 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141875)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Turtonia Alder, 1848

Original name

Venus minuta O. Fabricius, 1780

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe. xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 412-413 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turtonia minuta (O. Fabricius, 1780). 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=141875 on 2026-05-23

Regional species database citation

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. Turtonia minuta (O. Fabricius, 1780). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141875 on 2026-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

2022-10-03 17:38:38Z

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Vos, Chris

2025-11-11 15:04:12Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of ) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe. xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 412-413 [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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Ockelmann, K. W. (1964). Turtonia minuta (Fabricius), a neotenous Veneracean Bivalve. Ophelia. 1(1): 121-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1964.10416275 [details] Available for editors

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

additional source Oldfield, E. (1955). Observations on the anatomy and mode of life of Lasaea rubra (Montagu) and Turtonia minuta (Fabricius). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 31(5-6): 226-249., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064746 [details]