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Sarepta speciosa

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae

Taxonomy
Sarepta speciosa was named by Adams (1860) [TYPE LOCALITY: Recent, Japan.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Sarepta.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. austranaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Sarepta speciosa Adams

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familySareptidaeAdams 1860
subfamilySareptinaeAdams 1860
genusSareptaAdams 1860
speciesspeciosaAdams 1860

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.

Sarepta speciosa Adams 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 18:13:31
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available