Elenaconcha guiness Cosel & Olu, 2009
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Elenaconcha guiness Cosel & Olu, 2009
- Name authority
- Cosel & Olu, 2009
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Venerida
- Family
- Vesicomyidae
- Genus
- Elenaconcha
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassAutobranchia Grobben, 1894
- infraclassHeteroconchia J. E. Gray, 1854
- subterclassEuheterodonta Giribet & Distel, 2003
- superorderImparidentia Bieler, P. M. Mikkelsen & Giribet, 2014
- orderVenerida J. E. Gray, 1854
- superfamilyGlossoidea J. E. Gray, 1847 (1840)
- familyVesicomyidae Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901
- subfamilyPliocardiinae Woodring, 1925
- genusElenaconcha Cosel & Olu, 2009
- speciesElenaconcha guiness Cosel & Olu, 2009
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Cosel, R. von & Olu, K. (2009). Large Vesicomyidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from cold seeps in the Gulf of Guinea off the coasts of Gabon, Congo and northern Angola. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.016 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3974Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.