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

Axinus grandis (Verrill & Smith [in Verrill], 1885)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Axinus*	J. Sowerby, 1821	accepted genus name
*Mytilimeria*	Conrad, 1837 sensu Locard, 1898	misapplied name

Species group names

*Cryptodon grandis*	(Verrill & Smith [in Verrill], 1885)	basionym
*Cryptodon grandis*	(Verrill & Smith [in Verrill], 1885)	synonym
*Cryptodon pyriformis*	Dall, 1886	synonym
*Halicardia ferruginea*	Di Geronimo, 1974	synonym
*Mytilimeria fischeri*	Locard, 1898	synonym
*Mytilimeria saharica*	Locard, 1898	synonym

Literature

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	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
redescription	Löffler S.-B., Janssen R. , Gürs K.R. & Taviani M. (2005). The genus Axinus Sowerby, 1821 in the Mediterranean Basin. Journal of Conchology 38(5): 581-597

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Axinus grandis (Verrill & Smith [in Verrill], 1885). 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:141653