WoRMS taxon details
Megaxinus Brugnone, 1880
AphiaID: 138150
AphiaID: 138150
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Lucinoida (Order) > Lucinoidea (Superfamily) > Lucinidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Lucina transversa Bronn, 1831 † (type by subsequent designation) | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Lucinidae Fleming, 1828 | ||||||||||||||||
| Source |
status source: Glover E.A. & Taylor J.D. (1997) New species and records of Rastafaria and Megaxinus (Bivalvia: Lucinidae) from the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea, with a reappraisal of Megaxinus. Journal of Conchology 36(1): 1-18. [December 1997] [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Megaxinus appendiculatus (Locard, 1898) Species Megaxinus arabicus Glover & Taylor, 1997 Species Megaxinus omanensis (E. A. Smith, 1906) Species Megaxinus quadrangularis Cosel & Bouchet, 2008 Species Megaxinus transversus (Bronn, 1831) † Species Megaxinus unguiculinus Pallary, 1904 Species Megaxinus yemenensis Glover & Taylor, 1997 Species Megaxinus burnupi Smith, 1915 (temporary name) Species Megaxinus imajimai (Habe, 1981) (temporary name) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Mauritania [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138150 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Taylor, J.; Gofas, S. (2013). Megaxinus Brugnone, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138150 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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