WoRMS name details
Saxicavidae Swainson, 1835
716011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716011)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Family
Saxicava Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802 accepted as Hiatella Bosc, 1801 (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Swainson, W. (1835). The elements of modern conchology. Baldwin & Cradock, London, 62 pp., available online at http://books.google.fr/books?id=0eW-_B8V6IQC
page(s): 30 [details]
page(s): 30 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Saxicavidae Swainson, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716011 on 2026-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Swainson, W. (1835). The elements of modern conchology. Baldwin & Cradock, London, 62 pp., available online at http://books.google.fr/books?id=0eW-_B8V6IQC
page(s): 30 [details]
page(s): 30 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
