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 Mendicula

Mendicula oblonga (Monterosato, 1880)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mendicula*	Iredale, 1924	accepted genus name
*Clausina*	Jeffreys, 1847	junior homonym
*Thyasira (Mendicula)*	Iredale, 1924	synonym

Species group names

*Axinus oblongus*	Monterosato, 1880	synonym
*Kellia transversa*	Forbes, 1844	synonym; nom. dub.
*Thyasira oblonga*	(Monterosato, 1878)	synonym

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].
status source	Bogi, C.; Galil, B. S. (2004). The bathybenthic and pelagic molluscan fauna off the Levantine coast, eastern Mediterranean. Bollettino Malacologico. 39(5-8): 79-90.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mendicula oblonga (Monterosato, 1880). 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:875344