Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Anomalodesmata > Superfamily Pandoroidea > Family Lyonsiidae > Genus Lyonsia

Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lyonsia*	W. Turton, 1822	accepted genus name
*Myatella*	T. Brown, 1833	synonym
*Pandorina*	Scacchi, 1833	synonym

Species group names

*Amphidesma corbuloides*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Anatina elongata*	Hanley, 1842	synonym
*Lyonsia norwegica var. major*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889	synonym
*Mya pellucida*	T. Brown, 1818	synonym
*Mya striata*	Montagu, 1816	synonym
*Myatella montagui*	T. Brown, 1844	synonym
*Pandora aequivalvis*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Tellina coruscans*	Scacchi, 1833	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: perlemorsmusling

Literature

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.
additional source	Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791). 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:140291