Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Lucinoida > Superfamily Thyasiroidea > Family Thyasiridae > Genus Mendicula

Mendicula pygmaea (Verrill & Bush, 1898)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MendiculaIredale, 1924accepted genus name
Clausina Jeffreys, 1847 later homonym
Clausina Jeffreys, 1847 synonym

Species group names

Cryptodon (Axinulus) pygmaeus Verrill & Bush, 1898 synonym
Thyasira pygmaea (Verrill & Bush, 1898) synonym

Literature

basis of record

Oliver, P.G.; Killeen, I.J.; Ockelmann, K.W. (2002). The Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the British Continental Shelf and North Sea oil fields: an identification manual. Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. BIOMÔR Reports, 3. National Museums & Galleries of Wales: Cardiff, UK. ISBN 0-7200-0531-0. vi, 73 pp.

additional source

Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Mendicula pygmaea (Verrill & Bush, 1898). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152424

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Occurrence

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Environment


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2008-05-19 by Serge Gofas

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