Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Lucinida > Superfamily Lucinoidea > Family Lucinidae > Subfamily Pegophyseminae > Genus Pegophysema

Pegophysema philippiana (Reeve, 1850)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Lucina Meigen, 1830

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pegophysema*	R. B. Stewart, 1930	accepted genus name
*Loripinus (Pegophysema)*	R. B. Stewart, 1930	synonym

Literature

additional source	Albano, P. G.; Steger, J.; Bakker, P. A. J.; Bogi, C.; Bošnjak, M.; Guy-Haim, T.; Huseyinoglu, M. F.; LaFollette, P. I.; Lubinevsky, H.; Mulas, M.; Stockinger, M.; Azzarone, M.; Sabelli, B. (2021). Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification. ZooKeys. 1010: 1-95.
additional source	Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
new combination reference	Glover E.A. & Taylor J.D. (2016). Lucinidae of the Philippines: highest known diversity and ubiquity of chemosymbiotic bivalves from intertidal to bathyal depths (Mollusca: Bivalvia). in: Héros V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 208: 65-234.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pegophysema philippiana (Reeve, 1850). 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:606159