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

Mendicula Iredale, 1924

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Clausina*	Jeffreys, 1847	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Thyasira (Mendicula)*	Iredale, 1924	synonym

Children

Mendicula carrozae (Payne & J. A. Allen, 1991)
Mendicula ferruginosa (Forbes, 1844)
Mendicula inflata (Payne & J. A. Allen, 1991)
Mendicula oblonga (Monterosato, 1880)
Mendicula ockelmanni (Keuning & Schander, 2010)
Mendicula pygmaea (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
Mendicula ultima (Payne & J. A. Allen, 1991)

Literature

original description	Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49(3): 179-278.
basis of record	Oliver, P.G.; Killeen, I.J.; Ockelmann, K.W. (2002). The Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the British Continental Shelf and North Sea oil fields: an identification manual. Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. BIOMÔR Reports, 3. National Museums & Galleries of Wales: Cardiff, UK. ISBN 0-7200-0531-0. vi, 73 pp.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mendicula Iredale, 1924. 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:152423