Canadian Register of Marine Species - Leptaxinus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898

WoRMS taxon details

Leptaxinus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898

AphiaID

146993 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146993)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Leptaxinus minutus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 (type by original designation)

Parent

Thyasiridae Dall, 1900 (1895)

Original name

Leptaxinus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898

Synonymised names

Thyasira (Leptaxinus) A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Leptaxinus cookianus (C. A. Fleming, 1950)
Species Leptaxinus elegans Okutani, 1962
Species Leptaxinus incrassatus (Jeffreys, 1876)
Species Leptaxinus indusarium P. G. Oliver & Levin, 2006
Species Leptaxinus minutus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
Species Leptaxinus eumyarius (M. Sars, 1870) accepted as Genaxinus eumyarius (M. Sars, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Leptaxinus exintermedius Gaglini, 1992 accepted as Axinulus exintermedius (Gaglini, 1992)
Species Leptaxinus ferruginosus (Forbes, 1844) accepted as Mendicula ferruginosa (Forbes, 1844)
Species Leptaxinus oyamai Habe, 1962 accepted as Leucosphaera oyamai (Habe, 1962) (original combination)
Species Leptaxinus subovatus (Jeffreys, 1881) accepted as Thyasira subovata (Jeffreys, 1881)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1898). Revision of the deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Bivalvia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 20: 775-901., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 796 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptaxinus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146993 on 2025-05-29

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-04-14 07:47:17Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-12-03 09:40:37Z

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Sartori, André F.

2020-03-13 15:00:28Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2020-07-10 06:28:51Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2023-06-18 17:33:03Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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Nomenclature

original description Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1898). Revision of the deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Bivalvia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 20: 775-901., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 796 [details]

basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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