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

Axinus grandis (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Axinus*	J. Sowerby, 1821	accepted genus name
*Mytilimeria*	Conrad, 1837 sensu Locard, 1898	misapplied name

Species group names

*Cryptodon grandis*	A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885	synonym
*Cryptodon pyriformis*	Dall, 1886	synonym
*Halicardia ferruginea*	Di Geronimo, 1974	synonym
*Halicardia fischeri*	(Locard, 1898)	synonym
*Halicardia saharica*	(Locard, 1898)	synonym
*Mytilimeria fischeri*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Mytilimeria saharica*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Thyasira grandis*	(A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885)	synonym

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.
redescription	Löffler S.-B., Janssen R. , Gürs K.R. & Taviani M. (2005). The genus Axinus Sowerby, 1821 in the Mediterranean Basin. Journal of Conchology 38(5): 581-597

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Axinus grandis (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885). 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:141653

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Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2022-08-22 by Simon Schneider

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