Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Anomalodesmata > Superfamily Thracioidea > Family Thraciidae > Genus Thracia

Thracia villosiuscula (MacGillivray, 1827)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thracia*	Blainville, 1824	accepted genus name
*Thracia convexa*	(W. Wood, 1815)	taxonomically included in
*Thracia corbuloides*	Deshayes, 1824	taxonomically included in
*Thracia devexa*	G. O. Sars, 1878	taxonomically included in
*Thracia gracilis*	Jeffreys, 1865	taxonomically included in
*Thracia myopsis*	Møller, 1842	taxonomically included in
*Thracia phaseolina*	(Lamarck, 1818)	taxonomically included in
*Thracia pubescens*	(Pulteney, 1799)	taxonomically included in
*Thracia septentrionalis*	Jeffreys, 1872	taxonomically included in
*Thracia villosiuscula*	(MacGillivray, 1827)	taxonomically included in
*Thracia (Thracia)*	Blainville, 1824	synonym

Species group names

*Anatina ovalis*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Anatina villosiuscula*	MacGillivray, 1827	synonym
*Thracia durouchouxi*	Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: grove papierschelp

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.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thracia villosiuscula (MacGillivray, 1827). 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:141651