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

Mendicula pygmaea (Verrill & Bush, 1898)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mendicula*	Iredale, 1924	accepted genus name
*Clausina*	Jeffreys, 1847	later homonym
*Clausina*	Jeffreys, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Cryptodon (Axinulus) pygmaeus*	Verrill & Bush, 1898	synonym
*Thyasira pygmaea*	(Verrill & Bush, 1898)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Oliver, P.G.; Killeen, I.J.; Ockelmann, K.W. (2002). The Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the British Continental Shelf and North Sea oil fields: an identification manual. Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. BIOMÔR Reports, 3. National Museums & Galleries of Wales: Cardiff, UK. ISBN 0-7200-0531-0. vi, 73 pp.
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

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Mendicula pygmaea (Verrill & Bush, 1898). 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:152424