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Axinus

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae

Taxonomy
Axinus was named by Sowerby (1821). It is extant.

It was assigned to Thyasiridae by Vokes (1980).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Axinus Sowerby p. 11
1980Axinus Vokes p. 105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyThyasiroideaDall 1900
familyThyasiridaeDall 1901
genusAxinus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Axinus Sowerby 1821
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Axinus cretaceus Wanner 1902
Axinus quadratus Ponzi 1876
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Diet 2: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-20 19:58:31
Modified: 2009-09-20 21:58:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24Egypt A. cretaceus (87000)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Egypt A. cretaceus (169302)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Egypt A. schweinfurthi (41910)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) A. flexuosus, A. quadratus (209253)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Scotland) A. sp. (140360)