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Avicula destefanoi

Bivalvia - Aviculidae

Taxonomy

Avicula destefanoi was named by Jaworski (1922). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. alfredi, A. buvignieri, A. calva, A. carteroni, A. exilis, A. frederici, A. geulemensis, A. media, A. pelucida, A. russiensis, A. septentrionalis, A. sola, A. stoppani, A. sulcata, A. tessellata, A. torelli, Pteria media

Synonyms

Avicula gea was named by d'Orbigny (1849).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Bittner (1895); it was replaced with Avicula destefanoi by Jaworski (1922).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1849	Avicula gea d'Orbigny p. 201
1865	Avicula gea Laube p. 50 figs. Pl 16, fig 9
1889	Avicula gea von Wöhrmann
1922	Avicula destefanoi Jaworski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
family	Aviculidae	d'Orbigny 1843
genus	Avicula	Bruguière 1791
species	destefanoi

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.

†Avicula destefanoi Jaworski 1922

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Invalid names: Avicula gea d'Orbigny 1849 [replaced]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available