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Turtonia minuta (O. Fabricius, 1780)
141875 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141875)
accepted
Species
Cyamium minutum (O. Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted
Mya purpurea Montagu, 1808 · unaccepted
Turtonia nitida A. E. Verrill, 1872 · unaccepted
Turtonia occidentalis Dall, 1871 · unaccepted
Venus minuta O. Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Venus minuta O. Fabricius, 1780) 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. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 412-413 [details]
page(s): 412-413 [details]
Distribution Arctic Seas to Massachusetts; Alaska to Baja California; Europe
Distribution Often very common, circumpolar
Taxonomy Due to neoteny, Ockelmann (1964) suggested that Turtonia minuta could have been arisen out of the Veneridae.
Distribution Arctic Seas to Massachusetts; Alaska to Baja California; Europe [details]
Distribution Often very common, circumpolar
Distribution Often very common, circumpolar [details]
Taxonomy Due to neoteny, Ockelmann (1964) suggested that Turtonia minuta could have been arisen out of the Veneridae.
Taxonomy Due to neoteny, Ockelmann (1964) suggested that Turtonia minuta could have been arisen out of the Veneridae. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Turtonia minuta (O. Fabricius, 1780). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141875 on 2024-04-16
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original description
(of Mya purpurea Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Turtonia nitida A. E. Verrill, 1872) Verrill, A. E. (1872). Brief contributions to zoölogy, from the Museum of Yale College. No. XX. Recent additions to the molluscan fauna of New England and the adjacent waters, with notes on other species. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> (3) 3 (15): 281-290; pl. 6-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36995471
page(s): 286, pl. 7 fig. 4, 4ª [details]
original description (of Turtonia occidentalis Dall, 1871) Dall, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(2): 93-159, pl. 13-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918246
page(s): 150 [details]
original description (of Venus minuta O. Fabricius, 1780) 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. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> 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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 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. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ockelmann, K. W. (1964). <i>Turtonia minuta</i> (Fabricius), a neotenous Veneracean Bivalve. <em>Ophelia.</em> 1(1): 121-146. [details] Available for editors [request]
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) [details]
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Turtonia nitida A. E. Verrill, 1872) Verrill, A. E. (1872). Brief contributions to zoölogy, from the Museum of Yale College. No. XX. Recent additions to the molluscan fauna of New England and the adjacent waters, with notes on other species. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> (3) 3 (15): 281-290; pl. 6-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36995471
page(s): 286, pl. 7 fig. 4, 4ª [details]
original description (of Turtonia occidentalis Dall, 1871) Dall, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(2): 93-159, pl. 13-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918246
page(s): 150 [details]
original description (of Venus minuta O. Fabricius, 1780) 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. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> 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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 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. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Ockelmann, K. W. (1964). <i>Turtonia minuta</i> (Fabricius), a neotenous Veneracean Bivalve. <em>Ophelia.</em> 1(1): 121-146. [details] Available for editors
[request] 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) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Dimensions reaches 2 to 3 mm in size [details]Distribution Arctic Seas to Massachusetts; Alaska to Baja California; Europe [details]
Distribution Often very common, circumpolar [details]
Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
Taxonomy Due to neoteny, Ockelmann (1964) suggested that Turtonia minuta could have been arisen out of the Veneridae. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | minute turton | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (124 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Turtonia occidentalis Dall, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (154 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) (from synonym Cyamium minutum (O. Fabricius, 1780))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 121 proteins)
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Venus minuta O. Fabricius, 1780)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Venus minuta O. Fabricius, 1780)
To PESI (from synonym Cyamium minutum (O. Fabricius, 1780))
To PESI (from synonym Mya purpurea Montagu, 1808)
To PESI (from synonym Turtonia nitida A. E. Verrill, 1872)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Turtonia occidentalis Dall, 1871)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Turtonia occidentalis Dall, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (154 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) (from synonym Cyamium minutum (O. Fabricius, 1780))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 121 proteins)
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Venus minuta O. Fabricius, 1780)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Venus minuta O. Fabricius, 1780)
To PESI (from synonym Cyamium minutum (O. Fabricius, 1780))
To PESI (from synonym Mya purpurea Montagu, 1808)
To PESI (from synonym Turtonia nitida A. E. Verrill, 1872)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Turtonia occidentalis Dall, 1871)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
