Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Lucinoida > Superfamily Lucinoidea > Family Lucinidae > 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

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

Literature

basis of record	Glover E.A. & Taylor J.D. (1998). 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
additional source	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

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Megaxinus appendiculatus (Locard, 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:140284