Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Protobranchia > Order Nuculanida > Superfamily Nuculanoidea > Family Yoldiidae > Genus Microgloma

Microgloma pusilla (Jeffreys, 1879)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Leda Schumacher, 1817

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microgloma*	H. L. Sanders & J. A. Allen, 1973	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Microgloma tumidula*	(Monterosato, 1880)	synonym
*Phaseolus pusillus*	(Jeffreys, 1879)	synonym
*Silicula tumidula*	Monterosato, 1880	synonym
*Yoldia microscopica*	Monterosato, 1878	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	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	Hoeksema, D.F.; Janse, C. (2002). Microgloma pusilla (Jeffreys, 1879) (Bivalvia, Protobranchia, Nuculanidae) and Notolimea clandestina Salas, 1994 (Bivalvia, Pteriomorpha, Limidae), new for the southern North Sea Basin. Basteria 66: 193-196 [Subsequent publication]

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Microgloma pusilla (Jeffreys, 1879). 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:141985