WoRMS taxon details
Mendicula pygmaea (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
152424 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152424)
accepted
Species
Axinulus pygmaea (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Axinulus pygmaeus (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cryptodon (Axinulus) pygmaeus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cryptodon pygmaeus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mendicula pygmaeus (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) · unaccepted (Spelling variation)
Thyasira pygmaea (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cryptodon (Axinulus) pygmaeus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1898). Revision of the deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Bivalvia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 20: 775-901., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 792-793; pl. 86 fig. 3-4 [details]
page(s): 792-793; pl. 86 fig. 3-4 [details]
Note Off Nova Scotia
Type locality Off Nova Scotia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mendicula pygmaea (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152424 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cryptodon (Axinulus) pygmaeus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1898). Revision of the deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Bivalvia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 20: 775-901., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 792-793; pl. 86 fig. 3-4 [details]
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. <i>Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. BIOMÔR Reports</i>, 3. National Museums & Galleries of Wales: Cardiff, UK. ISBN 0-7200-0531-0. vi, 73 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/156186.pdf [details]
page(s): 792-793; pl. 86 fig. 3-4 [details]
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. <i>Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. BIOMÔR Reports</i>, 3. National Museums & Galleries of Wales: Cardiff, UK. ISBN 0-7200-0531-0. vi, 73 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/156186.pdf [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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 [details] Available for editors
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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 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Type locality Off Nova Scotia [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Axinulus pygmaeus (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Thyasira pygmaea (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898))
To Malacopics (Mendicula pygmaea (A.E.Verrill & K.J.Bush,1898) Spain, off Galicia, 43.68167 -8.233...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL Cryptodon (Axinulus) pygmaeus USNM 78368) (from synonym Cryptodon pygmaeus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Cryptodon (Axinulus) pygmaeus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Thyasira pygmaea (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cryptodon pygmaeus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Thyasira pygmaea (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Thyasira pygmaea (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898))
To Malacopics (Mendicula pygmaea (A.E.Verrill & K.J.Bush,1898) Spain, off Galicia, 43.68167 -8.233...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL Cryptodon (Axinulus) pygmaeus USNM 78368) (from synonym Cryptodon pygmaeus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Cryptodon (Axinulus) pygmaeus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Thyasira pygmaea (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cryptodon pygmaeus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Thyasira pygmaea (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898))
Unreviewed
