Species Montacuta nimrodiana (Hedley, 1911)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Kellia nimrodiana Hedley, C. 1911. Mollusca. British Antarctic Expedition 1907–9 reports on the scientific investigations Vol. 2, Biology(Part 1): 1-8 [4, pl. 1, figs 1-4].

Generic Combinations

• Montacuta nimrodiana (Hedley, 1911) [changed combination cited and paraphrased as "Montacuta" nimrodiana in ref. loc. cit.]. —
  Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 [48]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Circum Antarctic distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

6 - 362m; commensal, byssally attached to irregular echinoids Abatus cavernosus

General References

Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 [48, figs 85-88] (as "Montacuta" nimrodiana)

Engl, W. 2012. Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim : Conchbooks 402 pp. [pl. 10, fig. 4] (as Kellia)

Hain, S. & Arnaud, P.M. 1992. Notes on the reproduction of high-Antarctic molluscs from the Weddell Sea. Polar Biology 12(2): 303-312

Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [515; on CD]

RAMS 2010. Kellia nimrodiana Hedley, 1916. De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS). 2011-05-18. http://www.scarmarbin.be/rams.php?p=taxdetails&id=197194

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