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Tagelus plebius carolinensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae

Taxonomy
Siliquaria carolinensis was named by Conrad (1863).

It was recombined as Tagelus plebius carolinensis by Ward and Blackwelder (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. whitei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Siliquaria carolinensis Conrad p. 571
1987Tagelus plebius carolinensis Ward and Blackwelder p. 156

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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)
familySolecurtidaed'Orbigny 1846
genusTagelusGray 1847
speciesplebius
subspeciescarolinensis(Conrad 1863)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:24:22
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:24:22
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926
Collections
No collection or age range data are available