Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytilida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Modiolidae > Subfamily Botulinae

Leiosolenus P. P. Carpenter, 1857

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dactylus*	Mörch, 1861	synonym
*Leiosolenus (Labis)*	Dall, 1916	synonym; alternate representation
*Leiosolenus (Myoforceps)*	P. Fischer, 1886	synonym; alternate representation
*Lithodomus (Myoforceps)*	P. Fischer, 1886	synonym
*Lithophaga (Labis)*	Dall, 1916	synonym
*Lithophaga (Leiosolenus)*	P. P. Carpenter, 1856	synonym
*Lithophaga (Myoforceps)*	P. Fischer, 1886	synonym
*Lithophagus (Leiosolenus)*	P. P. Carpenter, 1857	synonym
*Myoforceps*	P. Fischer, 1886	synonym

Children

Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817)

Literature

redescription	Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
status source	Huber M. (2015). Compendium of Bivalves 2. A Full-Color Guide to the Remaining Seven Families. A Systematic Listing of 8,500 Bivalve Species and 10,500 Synonyms. ConchBooks, Harxheim, Germany,. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6.461) [Tellinidae by Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, pp. 167-297].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leiosolenus P. P. Carpenter, 1857. 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:205017