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

Kelliella M. Sars, 1870

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Kellyella*	P. Fischer, 1887	synonym; nom. inval.

Children

Kelliella miliaris (R. A. Philippi, 1844)

Literature

original description	Sars, M. (1870). VII. Bidrag til Kundskab om Christianiafjordens Fauna. [VII. Contribution to Knowledge of the Fauna of the Christianiafjord.]. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne. 17(2-3): 113-226, pl. 8-13.
additional source	Krylova, E. M.; Sahling, H.; Borowski, C. (2018). Resolving the status of the families Vesicomyidae and Kelliellidae (Bivalvia: Venerida), with notes on their ecology. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 84(1): 69–91.
additional source	Studencka B. (1987). The occurrence of the genus Kelliella (Bivalvia, Kelliellidae) in shallow-water, Middle Miocene deposits of Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 32 (1-2): 73-81, pl. 31-32.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kelliella M. Sars, 1870. 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:138093