North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Megaxinus unguiculinus Pallary, 1904

Megaxinus unguiculinus

AphiaID

140285 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140285)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Megaxinus Brugnone, 1880

Original name

Megaxinus unguiculinus Pallary, 1904

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Pallary, P. (1904-1906). Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès. Journal de Conchyliologie. 52(3): 212-248, pl. 7 [25 October 1904]; 54(2): 77-124, pl. 4 [28 November 1906]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16290430
page(s): 247-248; pl. 7 fig. 21-23 [details]

Type data

Note Sfax, Tunisia

Type locality Sfax, Tunisia [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megaxinus unguiculinus Pallary, 1904. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140285 on 2026-08-02

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Megaxinus unguiculinus Pallary, 1904. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140285 on 2026-08-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-03-06 07:04:47Z

changed

Taylor, John

2025-11-02 12:06:32Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

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original description Pallary, P. (1904-1906). Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès. Journal de Conchyliologie. 52(3): 212-248, pl. 7 [25 October 1904]; 54(2): 77-124, pl. 4 [28 November 1906]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16290430
page(s): 247-248; pl. 7 fig. 21-23 [details]

basis of record Glover, E. A.; Taylor, J. D. (1997). New species and records of Rastafaria and Megaxinus (Bivalvia, Lucinidae) from the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea, with a reappraisal of Megaxinus. Journal of Conchology. 36 (1): 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.408005
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors

additional source Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 240, fig. 113c [details]

additional source Mienis, H. K. (2006). Additional notes concerning Megaxinus unguiculinus (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Lucinidae). Triton. 14: 5-6.
page(s): 5-6, figs 1-2 [details]

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 430-431 [details]