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Plagiostoma gigantea

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Taxonomy
Lima gigantea was named by Boehm (1911). It is the type species of Plagiostoma.

It was recombined as Plagiostoma gigantea by Marwick (1953).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Lima aciculata, Lima aequilatera, Lima annonii, Lima boonei, Lima cardiiformis, Lima crickleyensis, Lima educta, Lima eucharis, Lima globosa, Lima occidentalis, Lima phillipsii, Lima planicosta, Lima schimperi, Lima subcardiiforma, Lima toarcensis, Lima yeovilensis, P. aciculata, P. aciculatum, P. acuticostata, P. acutum, P. aequilaterale, P. albensis, P. asperum, P. beyrichi, P. bhattii, P. biiniensis, P. bilibini, P. blakei, P. buckmani, P. cardiiforme, P. complanata, P. complanatum, P. compressum, P. costatum, P. cretacea, P. cretaceum, P. enormicosta, P. erecta, P. exaltata, P. fischeri, P. fuersichi, P. gejiuensis, P. globosum, P. haidingeri, P. higaeribarense, P. highworthensis, P. hoernesi, P. incrassata, P. incrassatum, P. jumaraensis, P. jumarensis, P. kackeri, P. kayseri, P. kobayashii, P. kuromagariense, P. laeviosculum, P. laevisculum, P. laeviusclum, P. laeviuscula, P. laeviusculum, P. latelunulatum, P. laxmani, P. lineata, P. lineatum, P. marrotiana, P. marrotianum, P. matsumotoi, P. maxima, P. maximum, P. modeli, P. muddoensis, P. mutabile, P. nudata, P. nuitiense, P. nuitoense, P. obscurum, P. occidentalis, P. oepybolum, P. oepybolus, P. ovale, P. ovalis, P. pangymna, P. pararegularis, P. pectinoides, P. pilcheri, P. planicostata, P. planum, P. radiatum, P. rahmuensis, P. rathierana, P. regularis, P. richardsoni, P. rigidula, P. rigidulum, P. rodburgense, P. rodburgense, P. rupicola, P. rusticum, P. sanrikuense, P. santonense, P. saxenai, P. schardti, P. schimperi, P. semicirculare, P. semiornata, P. singhi, P. striatolineatum, P. strigillata, P. strigillatum, P. subcardiiforme, P. subcostatum, P. subpunctatum, P. tenuistriata, P. tingi, P. toarcensis, P. tumida, P. valoniense, P. woodsi, P. zonata, P. zonatum, P. inaequicostata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Lima gigantea Boehm p. 15
1953Plagiostoma gigantea Marwick p. 103

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—Limoidei(Moore 1952)
superfamilyLimoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLimidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPlagiostomaSowerby 1814
speciesgigantea(Boehm 1911)

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.

†Plagiostoma gigantea Boehm 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available