MSBIAS taxon details
Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777)
141929 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141929)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 97, pl. 56 fig. 56 [details]
page(s): 97, pl. 56 fig. 56 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777). 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=141929 on 2026-04-03
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. Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141929 on 2026-04-03
original description
(of ) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 97, pl. 56 fig. 56 [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [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 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)
page(s): 369, fig. row 4, columns 1-2. [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 176, pl. XLIII, fig. 7, 8 [details]
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): 882-883 [details]
page(s): 97, pl. 56 fig. 56 [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring at long-term monitoring stations in the Belgian part of the North Sea from 2001 on. [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 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)
page(s): 369, fig. row 4, columns 1-2. [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 176, pl. XLIII, fig. 7, 8 [details]
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): 882-883 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | oval venus | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
To Conchology (Timoclea ovata)
To Conchology (Timoclea ovata)
To Conchology (Timoclea ovata)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Timoclea ovata)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Malacopics (Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, Málaga, at 12 m depth, coll...
To Malacopics (Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
To Conchology (Timoclea ovata)
To Conchology (Timoclea ovata)
To Conchology (Timoclea ovata)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Timoclea ovata)
To GenBank (37 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Malacopics (Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, Málaga, at 12 m depth, coll...
To Malacopics (Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777))
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To ITIS
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