Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Subfamily Petricolinae > Genus Mysia

Mysia undata (Pennant, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mysia*	Lamarck, 1818	accepted genus name
*Lucinopsis*	Forbes & Hanley, 1848	synonym

Species group names

*Lucina caduca*	Scacchi, 1835	synonym
*Lucinopsis corrugata*	Brusina, 1866	synonym
*Lucinopsis undata*	(Pennant, 1777)	synonym
*Lucinopsis undata var. aequalis*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Lucinopsis undata var. ventrosa*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Venus incompta*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Venus undata*	Pennant, 1777	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: mysia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: zandschelp sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

Greek: Ψευτολουκίνα

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	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
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.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mysia undata (Pennant, 1777). 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:140728

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