MolluscaBase taxon details
Thyasira obsoleta (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
141668 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141668)
accepted
Species
Axinus croulinensis (Jeffreys, 1847) sensu Jeffreys, 1864 · unaccepted (misapplication)
Axinus croulinensis var. rotundata Locard, 1898 · unaccepted (dubious syn.)
Axinus croulinensis var. transversa Locard, 1898 · unaccepted (dubious syn.)
Axinus croulinensis var. truncata J. T. Marshall, 1914 · unaccepted (dubious syn.)
Cryptodon obsoletus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cryptodon obsoletus 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., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 789-790; pl. 89 fig. 1-2 [details]
page(s): 789-790; pl. 89 fig. 1-2 [details]
Type locality contained in Marthas Vineyard
, Note Off Martha's Vineyard
type locality contained in Marthas Vineyard [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Off Martha's Vineyard [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thyasira obsoleta (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141668 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Cryptodon obsoletus 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., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 789-790; pl. 89 fig. 1-2 [details]
original description (of Axinus croulinensis var. transversa Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [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. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source Payne, C.M. & Allen, J.A. (1991). The morphology of deep sea Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, series B.</em> 334(1272): 481-562., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1991.0128 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Oliver, P.G.; Killeen, I.J.; Ockelmann, K.W. (2002). The Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the British Continental Shelf and North Sea oil fields: an identification manual. <i>Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. BIOMÔR Reports</i>, 3. National Museums & Galleries of Wales: Cardiff, UK. ISBN 0-7200-0531-0. vi, 73 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/156186.pdf [details]
page(s): 789-790; pl. 89 fig. 1-2 [details]
original description (of Axinus croulinensis var. transversa Locard, 1898) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [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. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 11 (1): 43–82 [in English]. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
additional source Payne, C.M. & Allen, J.A. (1991). The morphology of deep sea Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, series B.</em> 334(1272): 481-562., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1991.0128 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Oliver, P.G.; Killeen, I.J.; Ockelmann, K.W. (2002). The Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the British Continental Shelf and North Sea oil fields: an identification manual. <i>Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. BIOMÔR Reports</i>, 3. National Museums & Galleries of Wales: Cardiff, UK. ISBN 0-7200-0531-0. vi, 73 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/156186.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Classification Subgeneric position not clear [details]Type locality Off Martha's Vineyard [details]
To Malacopics (Thyasira obsoleta (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898) Atlantic Ocean, off W Scotland, Rockall Bank, NIOZ, HERMES 2005, Sta. 16, by dredging, at 584 m depth, collected 26th June 2005, ex...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 159886 Lectotype plate) (from synonym Cryptodon obsoletus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 159886 Lectotype plate) (from synonym Cryptodon obsoletus A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
