WoRMS taxon details
Megaxinus omanensis (E. A. Smith, 1906)
464214 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464214)
accepted
Species
Cryptodon omanensis E. A. Smith, 1906 · unaccepted (original combination)
Thyasira omanensis (E. A. Smith, 1906) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Cryptodon omanensis E. A. Smith, 1906) Smith, E.A. (1906). Natural history notes from R. I. M. S. Investigator. Series III., no. 10. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 7, 18, 157–175, 245–264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366418
page(s): 257 [details]
page(s): 257 [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Oman
type locality contained in Gulf of Oman [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megaxinus omanensis (E. A. Smith, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464214 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cryptodon omanensis E. A. Smith, 1906) Smith, E.A. (1906). Natural history notes from R. I. M. S. Investigator. Series III., no. 10. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 7, 18, 157–175, 245–264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366418
page(s): 257 [details]
page(s): 257 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
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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additional source
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, figs 113f-g [details]
page(s): 240, figs 113f-g [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
