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Angulus versicolor

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina versicolor was named by De Kay (1843) [DISTRIBUTION: Plesitocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Angulus versicolor by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. vestalioides, A. donacillus, A. edgari, A. inflata, A. maxima, Tellina felix

Synonyms
  • Tellina pauperata was named by d'Orbigny (1853) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Tellina (Angulus) pauperata by Vaughn et al. (1921); it was synonymized subjectively with Angulus versicolor by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Tellina versicolor De Kay
1853Tellina pauperata d'Orbigny p. 255 figs. pl. 26, figs. 18-20
1921Tellina (Angulus) pauperata Vaughn and et al.
2008Angulus versicolor 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
genusAngulusMegerle 1811
speciesversicolor(De Kay 1843)

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.

Angulus versicolor De Kay 1843
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Invalid names: Tellina (Angulus) pauperata d'Orbigny 1853 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available