MSBIAS name details
Turtoniidae W. Clark, 1855
489102 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:489102)
unaccepted > superseded rank
Family
Turtonia Alder, 1848 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Clark W. (1855). A history of the British marine testaceous mollusca, distributed in their natural order on the basis of the organization of the animals, with references and notes on every British species.. <i>London, van Voorst 536 p.</i>: , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1717
page(s): 96; note: Original spelling Turtoniadae. [details]
page(s): 96; note: Original spelling Turtoniadae. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turtoniidae W. Clark, 1855. 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=489102 on 2026-05-17
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. Turtoniidae W. Clark, 1855. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489102 on 2026-05-17
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Clark W. (1855). A history of the British marine testaceous mollusca, distributed in their natural order on the basis of the organization of the animals, with references and notes on every British species.. <i>London, van Voorst 536 p.</i>: , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1717
page(s): 96; note: Original spelling Turtoniadae. [details]
basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [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): 319 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 96; note: Original spelling Turtoniadae. [details]
basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [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): 319 [details] Available for editors