Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Subfamily Petricolinae

Lajonkairia Deshayes, 1854

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lajonkairea*	Jukes-Browne, 1910	synonym

Children

Lajonkairia lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826)

Literature

original description	Deshayes [G.P.] 1853-1854. Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, 292 pp.
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
additional source	Nomenclator Zoologicus
subsequent type designation	Jukes-Browne A.J. 1910. On Petricola, Lucinopsis, and the family Petricolidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 9: 214-224.

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Citation

Gofas, S.; Sartori, André F. (2014). Lajonkairia Deshayes, 1854. 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:138330