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Mysia Lamarck, 1818 
AphiaID: 138331

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Petricolinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Venus undata Pennant, 1777 (type by monotypy)
Parent Petricolinae d'Orbigny, 1840
Synonymised
taxa
  Lucinopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1848 (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]

basis of record (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]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Mysia marchali Cosel, 1995
Species Mysia pellucida (Tate, 1891)
Species Mysia undata (Pennant, 1777)

Species Mysia adamsi Angas, 1868 accepted as Numella adamsi (Angas, 1868)
Species Mysia carolinensis Conrad, 1875 accepted as Diplodonta nucleiformis (W. Wagner, 1840)
Species Mysia elegans (H. Adams, 1870) accepted as Lajonkairia elegans (H. Adams, 1870)
Species Mysia jacksonensis Angas, 1868 accepted as Numella jacksonensis (Angas, 1868)
Species Mysia montagui Leach, 1847 accepted as Diplodonta rotundata (Montagu, 1803)
Species Mysia nucleiformis W. Wagner, 1840 accepted as Diplodonta nucleiformis (W. Wagner, 1840)
Species Mysia subquadrata Gabb, 1873 accepted as Phlyctiderma puncturella (Dall, 1899)
Species Mysia tumida H. Adams, 1871 accepted as Lajonkairia elegans (H. Adams, 1870)
Species Mysia usta Gould, 1861 accepted as Felaniella usta (Gould, 1861)
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138331
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2013-01-04 17:59:40Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Mysia Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138331 on 2013-06-19
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