WoRMS name details
Agina W. Turton, 1822
516367 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:516367)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Mya purpurea Montagu, 1808 sensu W. Turton, 1822 accepted as Hiatella rugosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by monotypy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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
page(s): xiii, 54 [details]
page(s): xiii, 54 [details]
Note Turton's figure of what he believed to be Mya...
Type species Turton's figure of what he believed to be Mya purpurea Montagu clearly shows a specimen of Hiatella, while Montagu's species is what now is generally called Turtonia minuta (Fabricius). The genus AginaAgina, however, has universally been accepted as a junior synonym of Hiatella and Turtonia is as well established, so any change would cause "unnecessary confusion" (Warén, 1983, Journal of Conchology, 31: 165). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Agina W. Turton, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516367 on 2025-05-01
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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
page(s): xiii, 54 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): xiii, 54 [details]
basis of record 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]
From editor or global species database
Type species Turton's figure of what he believed to be Mya purpurea Montagu clearly shows a specimen of Hiatella, while Montagu's species is what now is generally called Turtonia minuta (Fabricius). The genus AginaAgina, however, has universally been accepted as a junior synonym of Hiatella and Turtonia is as well established, so any change would cause "unnecessary confusion" (Warén, 1983, Journal of Conchology, 31: 165). [details]
