| Status | |  unaccepted (currently placed in genus Tellimya) |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Accepted name | | Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808) |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Montacuta Turton, 1822 |
| Source | |
additional source: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Vernacular
Names | | | Language | Name | | |
Dutch |
ovale zeeklitschelp |
[details] |
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Dutch |
zeeklitmosseltje |
[details] |
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German |
rostrote Mondmuschel |
[details] |
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| Environment | | marine |
| Feedingtype | |
suspension feeder [details]
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| Links | | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (122 publications)
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| Notes | |
Description: A thin, elongated shell up to 10 mm long. The outside is smooth with very fine growth lines (not
always visible). The shell is coloured white or yellowish white and is sometimes covered with a thick,
granular, rusty deposit. The inside is coloured white, there is no mantle bend. [details]
Distribution: The distribution area of the Montacuta ferruginos a on the Belgian part of the North Sea was mainly limited in both periods to the western near-coastal zone. In the 1976-1986 period the species was found only locally whereas Montacuta ferruginosa was spread more widely in the 1994-2001 period. The species reached a maximum density of 180-220 ind./m2 in both periods. [details]
Habitat: Montacuta ferruginosa clearly prefers fine to medium sand (median grain size 150-300 µm) with low mud content (maximum 20%). Especially the mud content seems to be decisive: the species has never been found in sediments with a mud content exceeding 20% whereas Montacuta ferruginosa occurs over a wide spectrum of the median grain size. Lives together with invertebrates that dig in the sand, such as the sea potato Echinocardium cordatum. In 35% of all findings of Montacuta ferruginosa, it co-occurred with Echinocardium cordatum. [details]
Synonymy: Priority is given to Montacuta Turton, 1822. Janssen (1975), McKay & Smith (1979) and Van Aartsen et al. (1984) prefer Tellimya Brown, 1827. This is according to Abbott (1974) a junior synonym of Kellia Turton, 1822. [details]
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| Images | | 
Picture of Montacuta ferruginosa
added on 2004-06-17 - author: Hillewaert, H.
qualitystatus: not checked |
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Eben (1884, plaat 5)
added on 2012-07-24 - author: Anoniem in Eben (1884)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140371 |
Taxonomic
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| | | Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Montacuta ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808). Accessed through: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140371 on 2013-05-20 |
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