WoRMS taxon details
Laternula elliptica (P. P. King, 1832)
197217 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197217)
accepted
Species
Anatina elliptica P. P. King, 1832 · unaccepted (original combination)
Anatina prismatica G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Anatina elliptica P. P. King, 1832) King, P. P. (1832). Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 5(125): 332-349., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657695
page(s): 335 [details]
page(s): 335 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Laternula elliptica (P. P. King, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197217 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Anatina elliptica P. P. King, 1832) King, P. P. (1832). Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 5(125): 332-349., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657695
page(s): 335 [details]
original description (of Anatina prismatica G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). [Characters of new species of shells contained in the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1834: 87-89 [25 October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859683
page(s): 87 [details]
basis of record Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]
page(s): 335 [details]
original description (of Anatina prismatica G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). [Characters of new species of shells contained in the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1834: 87-89 [25 October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859683
page(s): 87 [details]
basis of record Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]
Other
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 Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
additional source Taylor, J. D.; Glover, E. A.; Harper, E. M.; Crame, J. A.; Ikebe, C.; Williams, S. T. (2018). Left in the cold? Evolutionary origin of Laternula elliptica, a keystone bivalve species of Antarctic benthos. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 123(2): 360-376., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx144 [details]
additional source Egorova, E. (1982). Biological results of the Soviet Antarctic expeditions, 7. Molluscs of the Davis Sea [Егорова Э.Н. Результаты биологических исследований советских антарктических экспедиций. Вып. 7. Моллюски моря Дейвиса (Восточная Антарктика)]. <em>Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas [Исследования фауны морей].</em> 26(34): 1-142 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/egorova1982_moll_morja_dejvisa_ifm_26_34.djvu
page(s): 68, fig. 297-299 [details]
additional source Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
additional source Taylor, J. D.; Glover, E. A.; Harper, E. M.; Crame, J. A.; Ikebe, C.; Williams, S. T. (2018). Left in the cold? Evolutionary origin of Laternula elliptica, a keystone bivalve species of Antarctic benthos. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 123(2): 360-376., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blx144 [details]
additional source Egorova, E. (1982). Biological results of the Soviet Antarctic expeditions, 7. Molluscs of the Davis Sea [Егорова Э.Н. Результаты биологических исследований советских антарктических экспедиций. Вып. 7. Моллюски моря Дейвиса (Восточная Антарктика)]. <em>Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas [Исследования фауны морей].</em> 26(34): 1-142 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/egorova1982_moll_morja_dejvisa_ifm_26_34.djvu
page(s): 68, fig. 297-299 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Anatina elliptica P. P. King, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laternula elliptica)
To GB Mollusca Types (Mya antarctica Melvill & Standen, 1914; Lectotype; MANCH.EE.7646)
To GenBank (2329 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
To GenBank (2329 nucleotides; 60 proteins) (from synonym Anatina elliptica P. P. King, 1832)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Laternula elliptica (P.P.King,1832) Antarctica, Meek Channel, Galindes Island, at 25...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Laternula eliptica (King et Broderip, 1832) shell with siphons apical view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Laternula eliptica (King et Broderip, 1832) shell with siphons)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Anatina elliptica P. P. King, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laternula elliptica)
To GB Mollusca Types (Mya antarctica Melvill & Standen, 1914; Lectotype; MANCH.EE.7646)
To GenBank (2329 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
To GenBank (2329 nucleotides; 60 proteins) (from synonym Anatina elliptica P. P. King, 1832)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Laternula elliptica (P.P.King,1832) Antarctica, Meek Channel, Galindes Island, at 25...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Laternula eliptica (King et Broderip, 1832) shell with siphons apical view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Laternula eliptica (King et Broderip, 1832) shell with siphons)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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