Ochetoctena

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lucinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Heterodonta Ordo: Veneroida Superfamilia: Lucinoidea

Familia: Thyasiridae
Genus: Ochetoctena
Species: O. tomasi

Name

Ochetoctena P.G. Oliver, 2014

ZooBank: 1063B2E8-1D45-49CB-BB5F-2B12FD047BE9

Type species: Ochetoctena tomasi P.G. Oliver, 2014 (type by monotypy)

Etymology: meaning tube-gilled from ochetos Greek "a water pipe or conduit" and ktenos Greek, "a comb".

References

• Oliver, P.G. 2014. “TUBULAR GILLS” Extreme gill modification in the Thyasiroidea with the description of Ochetoctena tomasi gen. et sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Thyasiroidea). Zoosystematics and evolution. 90(2): 121-132. DOI: 10.3897/ZSE.90.8323 Reference page. 

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Links

• MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ochetoctena P. G. Oliver, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818828 on 2020-07-03

• BHL bibliography
• Ochetoctena – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ochetoctena.
• ION