MolluscaBase taxon details
Crenella decussata (Montagu, 1808)
140440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140440)
accepted
Species
Crenella decussata decussata (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crenella decussata laticostata Scarlato, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crenella delicatula Yokoyama, 1926 · unaccepted
Crenella divaricata Yokoyama, 1922 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid: junior secondary homonym...)
invalid: junior secondary homonym of Crenella divaricata (d'Orbigny, 1853); C. yokoyamai is a replacement name
Crenella ecuadoriana Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941 · unaccepted
Crenella elliptica T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted
Crenella inflata P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted
Crenella yokoyamai Nomura, 1932 · unaccepted
Modiola cicercula Møller, 1842 · unaccepted
Mytilus decussatus Montagu, 1808 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Crenella decussata decussata (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Crenella decussata (Montagu, 1808) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Crenella decussata laticostata Scarlato, 1960 accepted as Crenella decussata (Montagu, 1808) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Mytilus decussatus Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744 [details]
Distribution Absent from the south coasts of the British Isles
Distribution Bering Sea to San Pedro, California; Greenland to Carolina
Distribution Absent from the south coasts of the British Isles [details]
Distribution Bering Sea to San Pedro, California; Greenland to Carolina
Distribution Bering Sea to San Pedro, California; Greenland to Carolina [details]
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original description
(of Crenella delicatula Yokoyama, 1926) Yokoyama M. (1926). Fossil shells from Sado. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. Section II, Geology, Mineralogy, Geography, Seismology.</em> 1(8): 249–312, pls. 32–37., available online at http://umdb.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DKoseibu/pdf/Ref_0483_.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Crenella divaricata Yokoyama, 1922) Yokoyama, M. (1922). Fossils from the Upper Musashino of Kazusa and Shimosa. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 44(1): viii + 1-200, pls. 1-17 [7 July 1922]., available online at http://umdb.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DKoseibu/pdf/Ref_0465_.pdf [details]
original description (of Crenella ecuadoriana Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941) Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1941). A Pliocene fauna from western Ecuador. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 93: 1–79, 19 pls.
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Crenella elliptica T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
original description (of Crenella inflata P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Diagnoses of new forms of Mollusca collected at Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, by Mr. Xantus. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 3, 13: 311-315; 474-479., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22217573
page(s): 313 [details]
original description (of Crenella yokoyamai Nomura, 1932) Nomura, S. (1932) Mollusca from the raised beach deposits of the Kwantô region. The Science Reports of the Tôhoku Imperial University, Sendai, Japan, second series (Geology), 15, 65–141, pl. 10.
page(s): 74 [details]
original description (of Modiola cicercula Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 92 [details]
original description (of Mytilus decussatus Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744 [details]
original description (of Crenella decussata laticostata Scarlato, 1960) Scarlato, O. A. (1960). Двустворчатые моллюски дальневосточных морей СССР (отряд Dysodonta) [= The bivalves of the far-eastern seas of the USSR (order Dysodonta)]. <em>Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Zoologicheskii Institut, Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR.</em> 71: 150 p., 17 pls.
page(s): 65, fig. 34, pl. I, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Valentich-Scott P. (1998). Class Bivalvia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 97-173. [details]
additional source Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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. [details]
[request]original description (of Crenella divaricata Yokoyama, 1922) Yokoyama, M. (1922). Fossils from the Upper Musashino of Kazusa and Shimosa. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 44(1): viii + 1-200, pls. 1-17 [7 July 1922]., available online at http://umdb.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DKoseibu/pdf/Ref_0465_.pdf [details]
original description (of Crenella ecuadoriana Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941) Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1941). A Pliocene fauna from western Ecuador. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 93: 1–79, 19 pls.
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Crenella elliptica T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
original description (of Crenella inflata P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Diagnoses of new forms of Mollusca collected at Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, by Mr. Xantus. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 3, 13: 311-315; 474-479., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22217573
page(s): 313 [details]
original description (of Crenella yokoyamai Nomura, 1932) Nomura, S. (1932) Mollusca from the raised beach deposits of the Kwantô region. The Science Reports of the Tôhoku Imperial University, Sendai, Japan, second series (Geology), 15, 65–141, pl. 10.
page(s): 74 [details]
original description (of Modiola cicercula Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 92 [details]
original description (of Mytilus decussatus Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744 [details]
original description (of Crenella decussata laticostata Scarlato, 1960) Scarlato, O. A. (1960). Двустворчатые моллюски дальневосточных морей СССР (отряд Dysodonta) [= The bivalves of the far-eastern seas of the USSR (order Dysodonta)]. <em>Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Zoologicheskii Institut, Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR.</em> 71: 150 p., 17 pls.
page(s): 65, fig. 34, pl. I, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Valentich-Scott P. (1998). Class Bivalvia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 97-173. [details]
additional source Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions reaches less than 0.5 cm in size [details]Distribution Absent from the south coasts of the British Isles [details]
Distribution Bering Sea to San Pedro, California; Greenland to Carolina [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Importance common dredged species [details]
Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | gittermusling | [details] |
| Dutch | geruite streepschelp | [details] |
| English | decussate crenellacross-sculpture crenella | [details] |
| Swedish | liktandad dvärgmussla | [details] |
To Conchology (Crenella decussata cf.)
To Conchology (Crenella decussata cf.)
To Conchology (Crenella decussata cf.)
To Conchology (Crenella decussata)
To Malacopics (Crenella decussata (Montagu, 1808) Norway, Troms, Senja Island, Lenvik, beached, collected August 1999, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To ITIS
To Conchology (Crenella decussata cf.)
To Conchology (Crenella decussata cf.)
To Conchology (Crenella decussata)
To Malacopics (Crenella decussata (Montagu, 1808) Norway, Troms, Senja Island, Lenvik, beached, collected August 1999, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To ITIS
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