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Ameritella modesta

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Angulus modesta was named by Carpenter (1864) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Eastern Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was corrected as Angulus modestus by Carpenter (1864); it was recombined as Tellina (Angulus) modesta by Coan et al. (2000) and Moore (2003); it was recombined as Ameritella modesta by Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Tellina pedroana Conrad p. 13 figs. pi. 2, fig. 17
1864Angulus modestus Carpenter p. 681
1869Macoma pedroana Gabb pp. 94, 124
1888Macoma pedroana Cooper p. 248
2000Tellina (Angulus) modesta Coan et al. p. 402
2003Tellina (Angulus) modesta Moore figs. plate 1, figures 4a-d
2021Ameritella modesta Hendy

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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
genusAmeritellaHuber et al. 2015
speciesmodesta(Carpenter 1864)

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.

Ameritella modesta Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Macoma pedroana Conrad 1855 [synonym], Tellina buttoni Dall 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available