Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Pteriomorphia > Order Mytiloida > Superfamily Mytiloidea > Family Mytilidae > Genus Geukensia

Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Geukensia*	Van de Poel, 1959	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Modiolus demissus*	(Dillwyn, 1817)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: ribbed mussel sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: grand moule striée

Literature

basis of record	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
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.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (104 nucleotides; 92 proteins)
Barcode of Life (87 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G. (2014). Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817). 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:156859