Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Lucinida > Superfamily Thyasiroidea > Family Thyasiridae

Axinus J. Sowerby, 1821

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mytilimeria*	Conrad, 1837 sensu Locard, 1898	misapplied name

Children

Axinus dilatatus Gaglini, 1992
Axinus grandis (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885)
Axinus planatus Jeffreys, 1882
Mytilimeria compressa Locard, 1898

Literature

original description	Sowerby, J.; Sowerby, J. De C. (1821-1823). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or, Coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth. Vol. IV. Privately published by author, London, pp. 1-160, pls. 307-407.
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	Payne, C.M. & Allen, J.A. (1991). The morphology of deep sea Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Atlantic Ocean. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, series B. 334(1272): 481-562.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Axinus J. Sowerby, 1821. 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:138551