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

Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Kellia*	W. Turton, 1822	accepted genus name
*Kellya*	R. A. Philippi, 1853	synonym
*Oronthea*	Leach, 1852	synonym

Species group names

*Bornia inflata*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Erycina pisum*	Scacchi, 1836	synonym
*Kellia cailliaudii*	Récluz, 1858	synonym
*Oronthea montaguana*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Tellimya lactea*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Tellimya tenuis*	T. Brown, 1826	synonym
*Tellina sinuosa*	Gmelin, 1791 sensu Brusina, 1870	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gewone holteschelp; holtemosseltje; holteschelpje

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
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.
additional source	Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.
redescription	Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kellia suborbicularis (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:140161