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 Axinulus

Axinulus croulinensis (Jeffreys, 1847)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Axinulus*	A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898	accepted genus name
*Axinulus (Axinulus)*	A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898	synonym
*Cryptodon (Axinulus)*	A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898	synonym

Species group names

*Axinulus (Axinulus) croulinensis*	(Jeffreys, 1847)	synonym; alternate representation
*Axinus croulinensis*	(Jeffreys, 1847)	synonym
*Axinus pusillus*	M. Sars, 1864	synonym
*Clausina croulinensis*	Jeffreys, 1847	synonym
*Cryptodon croulinensis*	(Jeffreys, 1847)	synonym
*Thyasira croulinensis*	(Jeffreys, 1847)	synonym

Literature

additional source	Oliver P.G. (2015). Deep-water Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Oman Margin, Arabian Sea, new species and examples of endemism and cosmopolitanism. Zootaxa. 3995(1): 252-263.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Axinulus croulinensis (Jeffreys, 1847). 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:234161

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Occurrence

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Environment

marine

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.

annex IV

IUCN:
Red List status CR 2006 This species is critically endangered and is considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources