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Megangulus pulchrus

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina pulchra was named by Slodkewitsch (1938) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; North Pacific.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Tellina (Peronidia) pulchra by Devjatilova and Volobueva (1981); it was recombined as Megangulus pulchrus by Kafanov et al. (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Tellina pulchra Slodkewitsch
1981Tellina (Peronidia) pulchra Devjatilova and Volobueva p. 83
2001Megangulus pulchrus Kafanov et al.

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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)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusMegangulusLinnaeus 1758
speciespulchrus(Slodkewitsch 1938)

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.

Megangulus pulchrus Slodkewitsch 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available