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Mesodesmatinae

Bivalvia - Venerida - Mesodesmatidae

Taxonomy
Mesodesmatinae was named by Gray (1840) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9265]. It is extant. Its type is Mesodesma.

It was assigned to Mesodesmatidae by Glenn (1904), Vokes (1980), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011), Signorelli and Carter (2016), Signorelli (2019).

Subtaxa
Amarilladesma, Amesodesma, Atactodea, Ceroniola, Mesodesma (type genus)
Entered
by M. Kosnik on 2004-03-13; modified by A. Hendy on 2016-02-15

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Mesodesmatinae Gray
1904Mesodesmatinae Glenn p. 285
1980Mesodesmatinae Vokes p. 139
2010Mesodesmatinae Bouchet et al.
2011Mesodesmatinae Carter et al. p. 16
2016Mesodesmatinae Signorelli and Carter p. 209 figs. Table 1
2019Mesodesmatinae Signorelli p. 2

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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
—NeoheterodonteiTaylor et al. 2007
orderVenerida(Gray 1854)
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMesodesmatidaeGray 1840
subfamilyMesodesmatinaeGray 1840
subfamilyMesodesmatinaeGray 1840

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.

Subfm. Mesodesmatinae Gray 1840
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G. Amarilladesma Huber 2010
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Invalid names: Donacilla solenoides dOrbigny 1845 [synonym], Mesodesma arechavalettoi Pilsbry 1897 [synonym]
G. Amesodesma Iredale 1930
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†Paphies elongata Reeve 1854
G. †Atactodea Dall 1895
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†Atactodea striata Gmelin 1791
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†Paphies striata Gmelin 1791
G. †Ceroniola
G. Mesodesma Deshayes
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Subg. Mesodesma (Ceronia) Gray 1853
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Invalid names: Erycina denticulata Gray 1825 [synonym], Mesodesma anodontina Römer 1862 [synonym], Mesodesma jauresii De Joannis 1834 [synonym]
Subg. Mesodesma (Mesodesma) Deshayes 1832
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Invalid names: Donacilla chilensis dOrbigny 1845 [synonym], Mesodesma cuneata Potiez and Michaud 1844 [synonym], Mesodesma lanceolata Reeve 1854 [synonym]
†Mesodesma costaricensis Olsson 1922
Mesodesma donacilla Lamarck 1819
†Mesodesma elongata Abbass 1972
†Mesodesma mariana Glenn 1904
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available