MolluscaBase taxon details
Megaxinus Brugnone, 1880
138150 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138150)
accepted
Genus
Lucina transversa Bronn, 1831 † accepted as Megaxinus transversus (Bronn, 1831) † (type by subsequent designation)
Lucina (Megaxinus) Brugnone, 1880 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Miltha (Megaxinus) Brugnone, 1880 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Saxolucina (Megaxinus) Brugnone, 1880 · unaccepted
- Species Megaxinus appendiculatus (Locard, 1898)
- Species Megaxinus arabicus Glover & J. D. Taylor, 1997
- Species Megaxinus bellardianus (Mayer, 1864) †
- Species Megaxinus ellipticus (Borson, 1825) †
- Species Megaxinus gorrospei Kiel, Fernando, Magtoto & Kase, 2022 †
- Species Megaxinus incrassatus (Du Bois de Montpereux, 1831) †
- Species Megaxinus omanensis (E. A. Smith, 1906)
- Species Megaxinus quadrangularis Cosel & Bouchet, 2008
- Species Megaxinus rostratus (Pecchioli, 1864) †
- Species Megaxinus stironensis Kiel & Taviani, 2018 †
- Species Megaxinus transversus (Bronn, 1831) †
- Species Megaxinus unguiculinus Pallary, 1904
- Species Megaxinus yemenensis Glover & J. D. Taylor, 1997
- Subgenus Megaxinus (Plastomiltha) R. B. Stewart, 1930 † † accepted as Plastomiltha R. B. Stewart, 1930 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Megaxinus (Plastomiltha) passelecqui (É. Vincent, 1930) † accepted as Saxolucina passelecqui (É. Vincent, 1930) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Megaxinus (Saxolucina) R. B. Stewart, 1930 † accepted as Saxolucina R. B. Stewart, 1930 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Megaxinus (Saxolucina) ciplyensis (É. Vincent, 1930) † accepted as Saxolucina ciplyensis (É. Vincent, 1930) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Megaxinus burnupi (E. A. Smith, 1914) accepted as Gibbolucina burnupi (E. A. Smith, 1914)
- Species Megaxinus globulosa (Deshayes, 1832) † accepted as Lucina globulosa Deshayes, 1832 † accepted as Meganodontia globulosa (Deshayes, 1832) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Megaxinus imajimai (Habe, 1981) accepted as Jallenia inanis (Prashad, 1932)
- Species Megaxinus incrassata (Du Bois de Montpereux, 1831) † accepted as Megaxinus incrassatus (Du Bois de Montpereux, 1831) † (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
Brugnone, G. (1880). Le conchiglie plioceniche delle vicinanze di Caltanisetta. <em>Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana.</em> 6: 85-158, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908011
page(s): 146 [details]
page(s): 146 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megaxinus Brugnone, 1880. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138150 on 2025-09-11
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Brugnone, G. (1880). Le conchiglie plioceniche delle vicinanze di Caltanisetta. <em>Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana.</em> 6: 85-158, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908011
page(s): 146 [details]
basis of record Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). <i>Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae</i>. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 240 [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 116 [details]
status source Glover, E. A.; Taylor, J. D. (1997). New species and records of <i>Rastafaria</i> and <i>Megaxinus</i> (Bivalvia, Lucinidae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea, with a reappraisal of <i>Megaxinus</i>. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 36 (1): 1-18. [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation Pallary, P. (1904-1906). Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 52(3): 212-248, pl. 7 [25 October 1904]; 54(2): 77-124, pl. 4 [28 November 1906]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16290430
page(s): 247 [details]
page(s): 146 [details]
basis of record Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). <i>Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae</i>. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 240 [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 116 [details]
status source Glover, E. A.; Taylor, J. D. (1997). New species and records of <i>Rastafaria</i> and <i>Megaxinus</i> (Bivalvia, Lucinidae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea, with a reappraisal of <i>Megaxinus</i>. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 36 (1): 1-18. [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Pallary, P. (1904-1906). Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 52(3): 212-248, pl. 7 [25 October 1904]; 54(2): 77-124, pl. 4 [28 November 1906]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16290430
page(s): 247 [details]
