Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Lucinoida > Superfamily Thyasiroidea > Family Thyasiridae > Genus Mendicula

Mendicula ferruginosa (Forbes, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mendicula*	Iredale, 1924	accepted genus name
*Clausina*	Jeffreys, 1847	later homonym
*Clausina*	Jeffreys, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Kellia ferruginosa*	Forbes, 1844	basionym
*Axinus ferrugineus*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Kellia ferruginosa*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Thyasira ferruginea*	Winckworth, 1932	synonym
*Thyasira ferruginea*	(Locard, 1886)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Oliver, P.G.; Killeen, I.J.; Ockelmann, K.W. (2002). The Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the British Continental Shelf and North Sea oil fields: an identification manual. Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. BIOMÔR Reports, 3. National Museums & Galleries of Wales: Cardiff, UK. ISBN 0-7200-0531-0. vi, 73 pp.
additional source	Kamenev G.M. (2013) Species composition and distribution of bivalves in bathyal and abyssal depths of the Sea of Japan. Deep-Sea Research II 86-87: 124-139. [Published online 2 August 2012]

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Mendicula ferruginosa (Forbes, 1844). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152905