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 Thyasira

Thyasira polygona (Jeffreys, 1864)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thyasira*	Lamarck, 1818	accepted genus name
*Cryptodon*	W. Turton, 1822	synonym
*Ptychina*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Thyasira (Thyasira)*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym

Species group names

*Axinus flexuosus var. polygona*	Jeffreys, 1864	synonym
*Thyasira (Thyasira) polygona*	(Jeffreys, 1864)	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

basis of record	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].
additional source	Killeen I.J. & Oliver P.G. (2002). Thyasira polygona (Jeffreys)(Bivalvia: Lucinoidea), an abandoned taxon with a possible amphiatlantic distribution. Journal of Conchology 37(4): 383-389

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thyasira polygona (Jeffreys, 1864). 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:875219