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Tellina (Angulus) buttoni

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina (Angulus) buttoni was named by Dall (1900) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Eastern Pacific]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Angulus buttoni by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Tellina buttoni by Clark (1931), Woodring and Bramlette (1950), Addicott and Emerson (1959) and Addicott (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Tellina (Angulus) modesta by Coan et al. (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Ameritella modesta by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Tellina (Angulus) buttoni Dall p. 326
1903Angulus buttoni Arnold
1931Tellina buttoni Clark p. 30
1950Tellina buttoni Woodring and Bramlette
1959Tellina buttoni Addicott and Emerson p. 17
1966Tellina buttoni Addicott

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
subfamilyTellininaeBlainville 1814
genusTellinaMegerle 1811
subgenusAngulus
speciesbuttoniDall 1900

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