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Laciolina magna

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina magna was named by Spengler (1798) [DISTRIBUTION: Plesitocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Laciolina magna by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Tellina magna Spengler
1815Tellina acuta Wood
1818Tellina elliptica Lamarck
1879Tellina floriana Hilber
1910Macoma elliptica Cossmann and Peyrot
2001Macoma (Psammacoma) elliptica Harzhauser and Mandic
2008Laciolina magna Hendy 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
subfamilyTellininaeBlainville 1814
genusLaciolinaIredale 1937
speciesmagna(Spengler 1798)

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.

Laciolina magna Spengler 1798
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Invalid names: Tellina acuta Wood 1815 [synonym], Tellina elliptica Lamarck 1818 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available