Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Anomalodesmata > Superfamily Verticordioidea > Family Lyonsiellidae

Lyonsiella G. O. Sars, 1872

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lyonciella*	[sic]	orthographic variant

Children

Lyonsiella abyssicola (G. O. Sars, 1872)
Lyonsiella compressa J. A. Allen & J. F. Turner, 1974
Lyonsiella frielei J. A. Allen & J. F. Turner, 1974
Lyonsiella horrida (J. A. Allen & J. F. Turner, 1974)
Lyonsiella sinuosa (Jeffreys, 1882)
Lyonsiella smidti Friele, 1886
Lyonsiella subquadrata (Jeffreys, 1882)

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1872). On some remarkable forms of animal life from the great deeps off the Norwegian coast. Part 1, partly from posthumous manuscripts of the late Professor Dr. Michael Sars. University Program for the 1st half-year 1869. Brøgger & Christie, Christiania viii. 82: 1-6.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
redescription	Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyonsiella G. O. Sars, 1872. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138654