Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Galeommatida > Superfamily Galeommatoidea > Family Lasaeidae > Subfamily Montacutinae > Genus Montacuta

Montacuta substriata (Montagu, 1808)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ligula Bloch, 1782

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Montacuta*	W. Turton, 1822	accepted genus name
*Montaguia*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1892	synonym

Species group names

*Kellia spatangi*	Brusina, 1865	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: geribde zeeklitschelp sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: substriated montacutid sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Konkave Linsenmuschel

Literature

additional source	Delongueville, C. & Scaillet, R. (2004). Montacuta substriata (Montagu, 1808) vivant sur Spatangus purpureus (O. F. Müller, 1776) en Sardaigne. Novapex. 5(4): 155-157.
additional source	Valentich-Scott, P.; Griffiths, C.; Landschoff, J.; Li, Ruiqi; Li, Jingchun. (2024). Bivalves of superfamily Galeommatoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from western South Africa, with observations on commensal relationships and habitats. ZooKeys. 1207: 301-323.
additional source	Popham, M. L. (1940). The mantle cavity of some of the Erycinidae, Montacutidae and Galeommatidae with special reference to the ciliary mechanisms. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 24(2): 549-587.
additional source	Oldfield, E. (1961). The functional morphology of Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu), Montacuta ferruginosa (Montagu) and M. substriata (Montagu) (Mollusca, Lamellibranchiata. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 34: 255-295.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Montacuta substriata (Montagu, 1808). 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:140377