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Nuttallia nuttallii (purple clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

Taxonomy
Sanguinolaria nuttallii was named by Conrad (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nuttallia nuttallii by Roth and Guruswami-Naidu (1978), Coan et al. (2000), Moore (2003), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Sanguinolaria nuttallii Conrad p. 230
1957Sanguinolaria nuttalli Valentine
1966Sanguinolaria nuttallii Stanton, Jr. p. 31 figs. Pl. 6, figs. 3, 4
1978Nuttallia nuttallii Roth and Guruswami-Naidu
2000Nuttallia nuttallii Coan et al. p. 429
2003Nuttallia nuttallii Moore figs. pl. 10, fig. 6
2021Nuttallia nuttallii Hendy

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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)
familyPsammobiidaeFleming 1828
genusNuttalliaDall 1900
speciesnuttallii(Conrad 1837)

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.

Nuttallia nuttallii Conrad 1837 [purple clam]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available