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 Kurtiella

Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Kurtiella*	Gofas & C. Salas, 2008	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Arcinella laevis*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Erycina nucleola*	Récluz, 1843	synonym
*Mesodesma exiguum*	Lovén, 1846	synonym
*Mysella bidentata*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: tweetandschelpje

English: two-toothed Montagu shell 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: Kleine Linsenmuschel

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Salas, C. (2008). A review of European ‘Mysella' species (Bivalvia, Montacutidae), with description of Kurtiella new genus. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 74(2): 119-135.
additional source	Ockelmann, K. W. & Muus, K. (1978). The biology, ecology and behaviour of the Bivalve Mysella bidentata (Montagu). Ophelia. 17(1): 1-93.
additional source	Prevedelli, D.; Simonini, R.; Ansaloni, I. (2001). Relationship of non-specific commensalism in the colonization of the deep layers of sediment. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 81(6): 897-901.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803). 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:345281