Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Anomalodesmata > Superfamily Thracioidea > Family Thraciidae > Genus Thracia

Thracia villosiuscula (MacGillivray, 1827)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thracia*	Blainville, 1824	accepted genus name
*Rupicola*	Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802	synonym
*Thracia (Ixartia)*	Leach in Gray, 1852	synonym

Species group names

*Anatina ovalis*	Brown, 1827	synonym
*Anatina villosiuscula*	MacGillivray, 1827	synonym
*Thracia durouchouxi*	Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: grove papierschelp

Literature

original description	MacGillivray W., 1827. Description of Anatina villosiuscula, a new species, and of Venerupis nucleus, a species new to the British fauna. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 2: 370-372, pl. 1 fig. 10-13
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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.
additional source	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Thracia villosiuscula. 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:141651