Thyasira Leach

Oliver, P. Graham, 2015, Deep-water Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Oman Margin, Arabian Sea, new species and examples of endemism and cosmopolitanism, Zootaxa 3995 (1), pp. 252-263 : 255

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.21
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1D5CD052-9754-493C-836D-6A69756747D9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6098573
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3956C47F-FFE0-E320-FF44-FDC1FA09FD38
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Thyasira Leach
status

Treatment

Thyasira Leach in Lamarck, 1818

Type species. Tellina flexuosa Montagu, 1803

Diagnosis. Small to medium sized thyasirids with a well defined posterior area with a sulcus and a well defined sub-marginal sulcus with an auricle. Sculpture of commarginal growth lines and weak ridges. Hinge lacking teeth, ligament in a resilifer set in the auricle. Gills of two demibranchs, fleshy, Type 3L of Oliver (2014).