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Arcoptera wagneriana

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Arcoptera wagneriana was named by Heilprin (1887) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Pleistocene; Florida.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Arca wagneriana by Dall (1898), DuBar (1958), Vermeij and Amano (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. arcuata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Arcoptera wagneriana Heilprin
1898Arca wagneriana Dall pp. 619-620 figs. pl. 39, figs. 6, 7
1958Arca wagneriana DuBar p. 154
2021Arca wagneriana Vermeij and Amano p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyArcinaeLamarck 1809
genusArcoptera
specieswagnerianaHeilprin 1887

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Arcoptera wagneriana Heilprin 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available