WoRMS taxon details

Lyonsia W. Turton, 1822

138154  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138154)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Anomalodesmata (Superorder)
  9. Pandoroidea (Superfamily)
  10. Lyonsiidae (Family)
  11. Lyonsia (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Arenolyonsia F. Nordsieck, 1969 · unaccepted (synonym)
Glabrolyonsia Lan & Okutani, 2002 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hiatella T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Hiatella Bosc, 1801 [Bivalvia Hiatellidae] (see Myatella); junior objective synonym of Lyonsia.
Lyonsia (Endomargarus) Cossmann, 1886 † · alternative representation
Magdala T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)
Myatella T. Brown, 1833 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pandorina Scacchi, 1833 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Lyonsia alvarezii A. d'Orbigny, 1846
  2. Species Lyonsia arcaeformis E. von Martens, 1885
  3. Species Lyonsia arenosa (Møller, 1842)
  4. Species Lyonsia bracteata (A. Gould, 1850)
  5. Species Lyonsia californica Conrad, 1837
  6. Species Lyonsia celeste Pimenta & Oliveira, 2013
  7. Species Lyonsia cucumerina Ivanova, 1981
  8. Species Lyonsia floridana Conrad, 1849
  9. Species Lyonsia gagarae Scarlato & Kafanov, 1988
  10. Species Lyonsia granulifera A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898
  11. Species Lyonsia hyalina (Conrad, 1831)
  12. Species Lyonsia kawamurai Habe, 1952
  13. Species Lyonsia malvinensis A. d'Orbigny, 1846
  14. Species Lyonsia nesiotes Dall, 1915
  15. Species Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791)
  16. Species Lyonsia nuculanoformis Scarlato, 1980
  17. Species Lyonsia praetenuis Dunker, 1882
  18. Species Lyonsia taiwanica Lan & Okutani, 2002
  19. Species Lyonsia ventricosa A. Gould, 1861
  20. Species Lyonsia vniroi Scarlato, 1981
  21. Subgenus Lyonsia (Allogramma) Dall, 1903 accepted as Allogramma Dall, 1903 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    1. Species Lyonsia (Allogramma) amabilis Dall, 1913 accepted as Allogramma oahuense (Dall, 1913) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    2. Species Lyonsia (Allogramma) annandalei H. C. Ray, 1952 accepted as Allogramma elegans (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    3. Species Lyonsia (Allogramma) oahuensis Dall, 1913 accepted as Allogramma oahuense (Dall, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    4. Species Lyonsia (Allogramma) oahuensis Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938 accepted as Allogramma oahuense (Dall, 1913) (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior subjective synonym)
  22. Subgenus Lyonsia (Pandorina) Scacchi, 1833 accepted as Lyonsia W. Turton, 1822
    1. Species Lyonsia (Pandorina) flabellata A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Lyonsia flabellata A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Lyonsia arenosa (Møller, 1842)
  23. Subgenus Lyonsia (Phlyctiderma) Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 accepted as Phlyctiderma Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 accepted as Entodesma R. A. Philippi, 1845 (junior homonym of Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma) Dall, 1899)
    1. Species Lyonsia (Phlyctiderma) lucasana Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 accepted as Entodesma pictum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Species Lyonsia aegeensis Sturany, 1896 accepted as Allogramma formosa (Jeffreys, 1882)
  25. Species Lyonsia amabilis Dall, 1913 accepted as Allogramma oahuense (Dall, 1913) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  26. Species Lyonsia annandalei H. C. Ray, 1952 accepted as Allogramma elegans (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Lyonsia beana A. d'Orbigny, 1853 accepted as Entodesma brasiliense (A. Gould, 1850)
  28. Species Lyonsia beauii Arango, 1878 accepted as Entodesma brasiliense (A. Gould, 1850)
  29. Species Lyonsia brevifrons G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 accepted as Entodesma brevifrons (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) (original combination)
  30. Species Lyonsia bulla Dall, 1881 accepted as Cetoconcha bulla (Dall, 1881)
  31. Species Lyonsia delicatum Marincovich, 1973 accepted as Entodesma delicatum (Marincovich, 1973)
  32. Species Lyonsia diaphana P. P. Carpenter, 1856 accepted as Entodesma inflatum (Conrad, 1837)
  33. Species Lyonsia elegans Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931 accepted as Allogramma elegans (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931) (unaccepted > superseded combination, junior homonym of Lyonsia elegans d'Orbigny, 1845)
  34. Species Lyonsia elegantulum T. Soot-Ryen, 1957 accepted as Entodesma solemyalis (Lamarck, 1818)
  35. Species Lyonsia flabellata A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Lyonsia arenosa (Møller, 1842)
  36. Species Lyonsia formosa Jeffreys, 1882 accepted as Allogramma formosa (Jeffreys, 1882)
  37. Species Lyonsia formosa Jeffreys, 1874 accepted as Allogramma formosa (Jeffreys, 1882) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum)
  38. Species Lyonsia fretalis Dall, 1915 accepted as Entodesma solemyalis (Lamarck, 1818)
  39. Species Lyonsia gibbosa Hancock, 1846 accepted as Lyonsia arenosa (Møller, 1842)
  40. Species Lyonsia gouldii Dall, 1915 accepted as Lyonsia californica Conrad, 1837
  41. Species Lyonsia inflata Conrad, 1837 accepted as Entodesma inflatum (Conrad, 1837) (original combination)
  42. Species Lyonsia inflata Scarlato, 1981 accepted as Lyonsia gagarae Scarlato & Kafanov, 1988 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Junior homonym of Lyonsia inflata Conrad, 1837; Lyonsia gagarae Scarlato & Kafanov, 1988 is a replacement name)
  43. Species Lyonsia intracta Sturany, 1899 accepted as Poromya intracta (Sturany, 1899)
  44. Species Lyonsia jucunda E. A. Smith, 1896 accepted as Allogramma elegans (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931)
  45. Species Lyonsia lucasana Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 accepted as Entodesma pictum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  46. Species Lyonsia magnifica (Dall, 1913) accepted as Lyonsiella magnifica Dall, 1913
  47. Species Lyonsia navicula A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Entodesma navicula (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) (original combination)
  48. Species Lyonsia nuculaniformis Scarlato, 1980 accepted as Lyonsia nuculanoformis Scarlato, 1980 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  49. Species Lyonsia oahuense Dall, 1913 accepted as Allogramma oahuense (Dall, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  50. Species Lyonsia olonkini T. Soot-Ryen, 1932 accepted as Lyonsia arenosa (Møller, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  51. Species Lyonsia panamensis Dall, 1908 accepted as Cetoconcha panamensis (Dall, 1908) (original combination)
  52. Species Lyonsia patagonica A. d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Entodesma patagonicum (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) (original combination)
  53. Species Lyonsia patagonicum [sic] accepted as Lyonsia patagonica A. d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Entodesma patagonicum (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) (incorrect gender ending)
  54. Species Lyonsia picta G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 accepted as Entodesma pictum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  55. Species Lyonsia plicata P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Entodesma brasiliense (A. Gould, 1850)
  56. Species Lyonsia plicata [attributed to (Montagu, 1808)] in Forbes & Hanley, 1848 accepted as Saxicavella jeffreysi Winckworth, 1930 (based on misidentified Mytilus plicatus Gmelin, 1791, in Montagu, 1808)
  57. Species Lyonsia pugetensis Dall, 1913 accepted as Lyonsia bracteata (A. Gould, 1850)
  58. Species Lyonsia rostrata Lischke, 1874 accepted as Lyonsia ventricosa A. Gould, 1861
  59. Species Lyonsia samalinsulae Preston, 1914 accepted as Laternula samalinsulae (Preston, 1914) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  60. Species Lyonsia saxicola Baird, 1863 accepted as Entodesma navicula (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  61. Species Lyonsia schimkevitschi Derjugin & Gurjanova, 1926 accepted as Lyonsia arenosa (Møller, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  62. Species Lyonsia striata (Montagu, 1816) accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791)
  63. Species Lyonsia tanakai Habe, 1981 accepted as Lyonsia praetenuis Dunker, 1882
  64. Species Lyonsia teramachii (T. Habe, 1952) accepted as Bentholyonsia teramachii (T. Habe, 1952) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  65. Species Lyonsia vitrea F. W. Hutton, 1873 accepted as Thracia vitrea (F. W. Hutton, 1873) (superseded combination)
  66. Species Lyonsia adriatica Coen, 1937 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  67. Species Lyonsia argentea Jeffreys, 1882 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  68. Species Lyonsia densecostata W. H. Turton, 1932 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  69. Species Lyonsia morgani Chaper, 1885 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): xvii, 34 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyonsia W. Turton, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138154 on 2025-07-11
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2013-01-19 20:21:32Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2020-01-05 20:17:31Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2025-04-28 14:13:08Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): xvii, 34 [details] 

original description (of Arenolyonsia F. Nordsieck, 1969) Nordsieck, F. (1969). Die europäischen Meeresmuscheln (Bivalvia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, xiii + 256 pp.
page(s): 156 [details] 

original description (of Hiatella T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 16 and index p. i [details] 

original description (of Magdala T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 11 [details] 

original description (of Endomargarus Cossmann, 1886 †) Cossmann M. (1886). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Eocène des environs de Paris. <em>Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 21: 17-186 (reprint paginated 3-174), pl. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5635834
page(s): 58-59 [details] 

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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

Taxonomy

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] 

Other

additional source 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] 

 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hiatella) (from synonym Hiatella T. Brown, 1827)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lyonsia) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pandorina) (from synonym Pandorina Scacchi, 1833)
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To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits) 
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