Canadian Register of Marine Species - Lyonsiella G. O. Sars, 1872

CaRMS taxon details

Lyonsiella G. O. Sars, 1872

AphiaID

138654 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138654)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Lyonsiellidae Dall, 1895

Parent

Lyonsiellidae Dall, 1895

Original name

Lyonsiella G. O. Sars, 1872

Direct children (5)

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Species Lyonsiella abyssicola (G. O. Sars, 1872)
Species Lyonsiella subquadrata (Jeffreys, 1882)
Species Lyonsiella cordata A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 accepted as Policordia cordata (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lyonsiella gemma A. E. Verrill, 1880 accepted as Policordia gemma (A. E. Verrill, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lyonsiella granulifera (A. E. Verrill, 1885) accepted as Verticordia granulifera (A. E. Verrill, 1885)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Sars, G.O. (1872). On some remarkable forms of animal life from the great deeps off the Norwegian coast. Part 1, partly from posthumous manuscripts of the late Professor Dr. Michael Sars. University Program for the 1st half-year 1869. Brøgger & Christie, Christiania viii. 82: 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11677777
page(s): 25-30 [details]

Descriptive notes

Nomenclature Name first introduces in synonymy of Pecchiolia, made available by usage as a valid name in Smith (1885: 73)

Nomenclature Name first introduces in synonymy of Pecchiolia, made available by usage as a valid name in Smith (1885: 73) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyonsiella G. O. Sars, 1872. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138654 on 2026-01-01

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Lyonsiella G. O. Sars, 1872. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138654 on 2026-01-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2013-01-20 10:33:17Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-06-15 16:59:39Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2022-05-03 17:04:53Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Sars, G.O. (1872). On some remarkable forms of animal life from the great deeps off the Norwegian coast. Part 1, partly from posthumous manuscripts of the late Professor Dr. Michael Sars. University Program for the 1st half-year 1869. Brøgger & Christie, Christiania viii. 82: 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11677777
page(s): 25-30 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Janssen, R. & Krylova, E. M. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Bivalvia. Invertebrate Zoology. 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]