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Ervilia castanea

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Taxonomy
Donax castanea was named by Montagu (1803). It is extant.

It was recombined as Ervilia castanea by Poppe and Goto (1993), Callapez and Ferreira Soares (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. condra, E. exteroaevis, E. exterolaevis, E. lamelloexteria, E. meridionalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Donax castanea Montagu
1993Ervilia castanea Poppe and Goto p. 117
2000Ervilia castanea Callapez and Ferreira Soares

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familySemelidaeStoliczka 1870
genusErviliaTurton 1822
speciescastanea(Montagu 1803)

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.

Ervilia castanea Montagu 1803
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available