Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Galeommatida > Superfamily Galeommatoidea > Family Basterotiidae

Saxicavella P. Fischer, 1878

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Saxicavella jeffreysi Winckworth, 1930

Literature

original description	Fischer, P. (1878). Essai sur la distribution géographique des brachiopodes et des mollusques du littoral océanique de la France. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 32: 171-214.
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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
status source	Oliver, P. G. (2013). Description of Atopomya dolobrata gen. et sp. nov.: First record of bacterial symbiosis in the Saxicavellinae (Bivalvia). Journal of Conchology. 41(3): 359-367.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Saxicavella P. Fischer, 1878. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138071