Laternula elliptica (P.P.King, 1832)

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Bivalvia

family

Laternulidae

genus

Laternula

species

Laternula elliptica

Name

Synonyms

Anatina elliptica P.P.King, 1832

Anatina prismatica G.B.Sowerby I, 1834

Homonyms

Laternula elliptica (P.P.King, 1832)

Bibliographic References

1. Aldea & Troncoso 2010, Engl 2012
2. 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].
3. Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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. 10.1093/biolinnean/blx144
7. Zettler, M. L.; Bick, A. (2025). Molluscs from a shallow bay of King George Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands): An annotated checklist with new distributional records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5631(3): 401-450. 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.3.1