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 Thyasira

Thyasira tortuosa (Jeffreys, 1881)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thyasira*	Lamarck, 1818	accepted genus name
*Cryptodon*	W. Turton, 1822	synonym
*Ptychina*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Thyasira (Thyasira)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym

Species group names

*Axinus tortuosus*	Jeffreys, 1881	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.
additional source	Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thyasira tortuosa (Jeffreys, 1881). 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:141677