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Saxicavella P. Fischer, 1878 
AphiaID: 138071

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > [unassigned] Euheterodonta (Order) > Hiatelloidea (Superfamily) > Hiatellidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Hiatellidae Gray, 1824
Synonymised
taxa
  Turneria Glibert & van de Poel, 1966 (synonym)
Sources  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 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: 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.  [details] [view taxon]

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taxa

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 Species Saxicavella angulata (S. V. Wood, 1857)
Species Saxicavella jeffreysi Winckworth, 1930
Species Saxicavella nybakkeni P. Scott, 1994
Species Saxicavella pacifica Dall, 1916
Species Saxicavella sagrinata Dall & Simpson, 1901
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138071
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Saxicavella P. Fischer, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138071 on 2013-05-21
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