Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Galeommatida > Superfamily Galeommatoidea > Family Basterotiidae > Genus Saxicavella

Saxicavella jeffreysi Winckworth, 1930

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Saxicavella*	P. Fischer, 1878	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Panopea plicata*	"Montagu, 1808" sensu Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Saxicava fragilis*	S. V. Wood, 1857	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Jeffreys hulemusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: geplooide rotsboorder

Literature

original description	Winckworth, R. (1930). Notes on nomenclature 5. Some new names for British marine bivalves. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 19: 14-15. [13 March 1930].
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.
subsequent type designation	Scott P.H. (1994). A new species of Saxicavella (Bivalvia, Hiatellidae) from California with unique brood protection. The Veliger 37(1): 62-68

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Saxicavella jeffreysi Winckworth, 1930. 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:140108