Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Cyamioidea > Family Basterotiidae > Genus Saxicavella

Saxicavella jeffreysi Winckworth, 1930

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Saxicavella*	P. Fischer, 1878	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Panopea plicata*	[attributed to] (Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Saxicava fragilis*	Wood, 1857	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Jeffreys hulemusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: geplooide rotsboorder

Literature

original description	Winckworth R. (1930) Notes on nomenclature 5. Some new names for British marine bivalves. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 19: 14-15. [13 March 1930]
additional source	Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
subsequent type designation	Scott P.H. (1994). A new species of Saxicavella (Bivalvia, Hiatellidae) from California with unique brood protection. The Veliger 37(1): 62-68

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Saxicavella jeffreysi Winckworth, 1930. 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:140108