Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Lucinida > Superfamily Lucinoidea > Family Lucinidae > Subfamily Lucininae > Genus Megaxinus

Megaxinus appendiculatus (Locard, 1898)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Megaxinus*	Brugnone, 1880	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cryptodon murchlandi*	G. B. Sowerby III, 1907	synonym
*Lucina appendiculata*	Locard, 1898	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
basis of record	Glover, E. A.; Taylor, J. D. (1997). New species and records of Rastafaria and Megaxinus (Bivalvia, Lucinidae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea, with a reappraisal of Megaxinus. Journal of Conchology. 36 (1): 1-18.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megaxinus appendiculatus (Locard, 1898). 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:140284