Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Glossoidea > Family Kelliellidae > Genus Kelliella

Kelliella miliaris (R. A. Philippi, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Kelliella*	M. Sars, 1870	accepted genus name
*Kellyella*	P. Fischer, 1887	synonym

Species group names

*Kellia abyssicola*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Kelliella abyssicola*	M. Sars, 1870	synonym
*Kelliella abyssicola*	(Forbes, 1844)	synonym
*Kelliella biscayensis*	J. A. Allen, 2001	synonym
*Venus miliaris*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Utrilla, O.; Gofas, S.; Salas, C. (2024). The genus Kelliella (Bivalvia) in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 90(4): eyae035: 1-15.
additional source	Allen, J. A. (2001). The family Kelliellidae (Bivalvia: Heterodonta) from the deep Atlantic and its relationship with the family Vesicomyidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 131(2): 199-226.
additional source	Clausen C. (1958). On the anatomy and histology of the eulamellibranch Kelliella miliaris (Philippi) with observations on the ciliary mechanisms in the mantle cavity. Nytt Magasin for Zoologi 6: 144-175
additional source	Jeffreys, J. G. (1870). Norwegian Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 5: 438-448 [giugno].
new combination reference	Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kelliella miliaris (R. A. Philippi, 1844). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152396