MolluscaBase taxon details
Lajonkairia elegans (H. Adams, 1870)
507463 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507463)
accepted
Species
Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) subreticulata Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Diplodonta subreticulata Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Diplodonta tumida (H. Adams, 1871) · unaccepted
Lucinopsis (Lajonkairia) elegans H. Adams, 1870 · unaccepted (basionym)
Lucinopsis elegans H. Adams, 1870 · unaccepted (original combination)
Mysia elegans (H. Adams, 1870) · unaccepted
Mysia tumida H. Adams, 1871 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Phlyctiderma tumida (H. Adams, 1871) · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lucinopsis (Lajonkairia) elegans H. Adams, 1870) Adams, H. (1870). Descriptions of a new genus, and of eighteen new species of Molluscs. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870: 5-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554801
page(s): 6, plate 1, fig. 5. [details]
page(s): 6, plate 1, fig. 5. [details]
Type locality contained in Red Sea
type locality contained in Red Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lajonkairia elegans (H. Adams, 1870). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507463 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Mysia tumida H. Adams, 1871) Adams, H. (1871). Descriptions of twenty-six new species of shells collected by Robert M'Andrew, Esq., in the Red Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1870) 38(3): 788-793, pl. 48. [published April 1871]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555680
page(s): 791-792, pl. 48, fig. 16. [details]
original description (of Lucinopsis (Lajonkairia) elegans H. Adams, 1870) Adams, H. (1870). Descriptions of a new genus, and of eighteen new species of Molluscs. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870: 5-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554801
page(s): 6, plate 1, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) subreticulata Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931) Thiele, J. & Jaeckel, S. (1931). Muscheln der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 21: 159-268, pls 6-10., available online at https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/307383.pdf, https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/FJWWXEPS2QU47O6MAG2XGHGMNBBGGJUL
page(s): 219, pl. 9 fig. 89 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 791-792, pl. 48, fig. 16. [details]
original description (of Lucinopsis (Lajonkairia) elegans H. Adams, 1870) Adams, H. (1870). Descriptions of a new genus, and of eighteen new species of Molluscs. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870: 5-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554801
page(s): 6, plate 1, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) subreticulata Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931) Thiele, J. & Jaeckel, S. (1931). Muscheln der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 21: 159-268, pls 6-10., available online at https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/307383.pdf, https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/FJWWXEPS2QU47O6MAG2XGHGMNBBGGJUL
page(s): 219, pl. 9 fig. 89 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Diplodonta tumida (H. Adams, 1871))
To GB Mollusca Types (Lucinopsis (Lajonkairia) elegans H. Adams, 1870; Syntype(s); UMZC I.100485) (from synonym Lucinopsis (Lajonkairia) elegans H. Adams, 1870)
To GB Mollusca Types (Mysia tumida H. Adams, 1871; Syntype(s); UMZC I.100715) (from synonym Mysia tumida H. Adams, 1871)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Diplodonta tumida (H. Adams, 1871))
To GB Mollusca Types (Lucinopsis (Lajonkairia) elegans H. Adams, 1870; Syntype(s); UMZC I.100485) (from synonym Lucinopsis (Lajonkairia) elegans H. Adams, 1870)
To GB Mollusca Types (Mysia tumida H. Adams, 1871; Syntype(s); UMZC I.100715) (from synonym Mysia tumida H. Adams, 1871)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Diplodonta tumida (H. Adams, 1871))
