Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Anomalodesmata > Superfamily Pandoroidea > Family Lyonsiidae > Genus Lyonsia

Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lyonsia*	Turton, 1822	accepted genus name
*Myatella*	T. Brown, 1833	synonym
*Pandorina*	Scacchi, 1833	synonym

Species group names

*Mya norwegica*	Gmelin, 1791	basionym
*Amphidesma corbuloides*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Anatina elongata*	Hanley, 1842	synonym
*Lyonsia norwegica var. major*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889	synonym
*Mya norwegica*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Mya pellucida*	Brown, 1818	synonym
*Mya striata*	Montagu, 1815	synonym
*Myatella montagui*	Brown, 1845	synonym
*Pandora aequivalvis*	Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Tellina coruscans*	Scacchi, 1833	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: perlemorsmusling

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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791). 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:140291