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Ervilia nitens

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Taxonomy
Mya nitens was named by Montagu (1808) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Ervilia.

It was recombined as Ervilia nitens by Woodring (1982).

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

Synonyms
  • Ervilia venezuelana was named by Weisbord (1964) [Distribution: Venezuela: Anzoategui, Sucre.]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Ervilia nitens by Rosenberg (2005).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Mya nitens Montagu
1964Ervilia venezuelana Weisbord
1982Ervilia nitens Woodring p. 654

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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
speciesnitens(Montagu 1808)

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 nitens Montagu 1808
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Invalid names: Ervilia venezuelana Weisbord 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available