North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791)

To GB Mollusca Types (Mya striata Montagu, 1816; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll3702)

AphiaID

140291 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140291)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lyonsia W. Turton, 1822

Original name

Mya norwegica Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Amphidesma corbuloides Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted

Anatina elongata Hanley, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)

Lyonsia norwegica var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym)

Mya norwegica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)

Mya pellucida T. Brown, 1818 · unaccepted

Mya striata Montagu, 1816 · unaccepted

Myatella montagui T. Brown, 1844 · unaccepted

Pandora aequivalvis R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted

Tellina coruscans Scacchi, 1833 · unaccepted

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Variety Lyonsia norwegica var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Mya norwegica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3222 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140291 on 2026-06-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140291 on 2026-06-11

Taxonomic edit history

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original description (of Amphidesma corbuloides Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 492 [details]

original description (of Mya norwegica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3222 [details]

original description (of Mya pellucida T. Brown, 1818) Brown, T. (1818). Account of the Irish testacea. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 2: 501-536, pl. 24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45848243
page(s): 505; pl. 24 fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Mya striata Montagu, 1816) Montagu G. (1816). An account of some new and rare marine British shells and animals. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 11(2): 179-204, pls 12-14 ["1815"; 24 January 1816]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756731
page(s): 188, pl. 13 fig. 1 - A [details]

original description (of Myatella montagui T. Brown, 1844) Brown, T. (1838-1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Second edition, greatly enlarged. London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart; London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172 [details]

original description (of Pandora aequivalvis R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803
page(s): 18; pl. 1 fig. 11 [details]

original description (of Tellina coruscans Scacchi, 1833) Scacchi, A. (1833). Osservazioni Zoologiche. Napoli, Tipi della Società Tipografica. 1: 1-12 [February]; 2: 13-27 [May]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35752103
page(s): 14-15 [details]

original description (of Anatina elongata Hanley, 1842) Hanley S. (1842-1846). An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, by Sylvanus Hanley, B.A., F.L.S. The plates forming a third edition of the Index Testaceologicus, by William Wood. London: W. Wood. 272 + 18 pp., pls 9-19. [1-224: reissue of material published in 1842-1843; 225-272, pls 9-13: 1843; pls 14-16: 1844; 9-18 (explanation to pls 9-13), pls 17-19: 1846]. [details]

original description (of Lyonsia norwegica var. major Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1889) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309
page(s): 734 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]