An extension of the geographical and stratigraphical distribution of the European marine bivalve Montacuta goudi Van Aartsen, 1997 (Bivalvia, Galeommatoidea, Montacutidae)

The range of the marine bivalve Montacuta goudi Van Aartsen, 1997 (Central Mediterranean to Canary Islands, eastern Atlantic coasts north to Basque coast) is extended with new records from the eastern Mediterranean (Turkey) and Brittany (western France). Also, fossils of this species are reported from Pleistocene, Pliocene and Miocene deposits of the North Sea Basin. The status of this species is discussed and the conclusion is that M. goudi is a valid taxon.