Lajonkairia

Lajonkairia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Lajonkairia Deshayes, 1855
Type species
Venerupis lajonkairii Payraudeau, 1826
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Lajonkairea Jukes-Browne, 1910 (Unjustified emendation for Lajonkairia.) Lucinopsis (Lajonkairia) Deshayes, 1854 (unaccepted rank)

Lajonkairia is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Petricolinae of the family Veneridae, commonly known as carpet shells.^[1]

• Lajonkairia cancellata (Gmelin, 1791)
• Lajonkairia digitalis (E. A. Smith, 1916)
• Lajonkairia divaricata (Lischke, 1872)
• Lajonkairia elegans (H. Adams, 1870)
• Lajonkairia lajonkairii (Payraudeau, 1826)
• Lajonkairia substriata (Montagu, 1808)

Synonyms

• Lajonkairia digitale [sic]: synonym of Lajonkairia digitalis (E. A. Smith, 1916) (incorrect gender ending)

• Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp
• Jukes-Browne A.J. 1910. On Petricola, Lucinopsis, and the family Petricolidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 9: 214-224.
• 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
• Fischer, P. (1880-1887). Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls

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