MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Turtoniidae W. Clark, 1855

ERMS name details

Turtoniidae W. Clark, 1855

AphiaID

489102 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:489102)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Turtoniinae W. Clark, 1855

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Turtonia Alder, 1848 (type by original designation)

Parent

Veneroidea Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Turtoniidae W. Clark, 1855

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

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.. London, van Voorst 536 p.: , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1717
page(s): 96; note: Original spelling Turtoniadae. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turtoniidae W. Clark, 1855. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489102 on 2026-01-17

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Turtoniidae W. Clark, 1855. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489102 on 2026-01-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-07-10 09:41:30Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-07-26 12:06:42Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-08-05 15:15:55Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2024-10-12 14:39:58Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

2025-11-11 15:04:12Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description 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.. London, van Voorst 536 p.: , 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. Malacologia. 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. Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR. 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 319 [details] Available for editors

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