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Macoma (Macoma) obliqua (oval macoma)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina obliqua was named by Sowerby (1817). It is extant.

It was recombined as Macoma obliqua by Wright (1972); it was recombined as Macoma (Macoma) obliqua by Hendy (2007).

Entered
by A. Hendy on 2008-11-14

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Tellina obliqua Sowerby
1850Tellina obliqua Wood p. 228
1972Macoma obliqua Wright p. 691
2007Macoma (Macoma) obliqua Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusMacomaLeach 1819
subgenusMacomaLeach 1819
speciesobliqua(Sowerby 1817)

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.

Macoma (Macoma) obliqua Sowerby 1817 [oval macoma]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available