Deep-Sea taxon details
Axinulus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
152413 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152413)
accepted
Genus
Cryptodon (Axinulus) brevis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 represented as Axinulus brevis (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) (type by original designation)
Axinulus (Axinulus) A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 · alternative representation
Cryptodon (Axinulus) A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Axinulus alleni (Carrozza, 1981)
- Species Axinulus brevis (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
- Species Axinulus croulinensis (Jeffreys, 1847)
- Species Axinulus subequatorius (Payne & J. A. Allen, 1991)
- Subgenus Axinulus (Genaxinus) Iredale, 1930 accepted as Genaxinus Iredale, 1930 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Axinulus (Genaxinus) eumyarius (M. Sars, 1870) accepted as Genaxinus eumyarius (M. Sars, 1870)
- Species Axinulus eumyarius (M. Sars, 1870) accepted as Genaxinus eumyarius (M. Sars, 1870)
- Species Axinulus ferrugineus (Winckworth, 1932) accepted as Mendicula ferruginosa (Forbes, 1844) (unaccepted > unjustified emendation, unnecessary replacement name for Kellia ferruginosa Forbes)
- Species Axinulus ferruginosus (Forbes, 1844) accepted as Mendicula ferruginosa (Forbes, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Axinulus hadalis (Okutani, Fujikura & Kojima, 1999) accepted as Tartarothyasira hadalis (Okutani, Fujikura & Kojima, 1999) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Axinulus pygmaea (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) accepted as Mendicula pygmaea (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Axinulus pygmaeus (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) accepted as Mendicula pygmaea (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Axinulus subovatus (Jeffreys, 1881) accepted as Thyasira subovata (Jeffreys, 1881)
- Species Axinulus succisus (Jeffreys, 1876) accepted as Thyasira succisa (Jeffreys, 1876) accepted as Odontothyas succisa (Jeffreys, 1876)
- Subgenus Axinulus (Axinulus) A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 represented as Axinulus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
(of Cryptodon (Axinulus) 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, pl. 71-97., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 790 [details]
page(s): 790 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Axinulus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152413 on 2026-08-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Axinulus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152413 on 2026-08-15
Date
action
by
original description
(of Cryptodon (Axinulus) 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, pl. 71-97., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 790 [details]
basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 315 [details] Available for editors
additional source Oliver P.G. (2015). Deep-water Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Oman Margin, Arabian Sea, new species and examples of endemism and cosmopolitanism. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3995(1): 252-263., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.21 [details] Available for editors
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]
page(s): 790 [details]
basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 315 [details] Available for editors
additional source Oliver P.G. (2015). Deep-water Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Oman Margin, Arabian Sea, new species and examples of endemism and cosmopolitanism. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3995(1): 252-263., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.21 [details] Available for editors
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
