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Hiatella tenuis

Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

Taxonomy
Lutraria tenuis was named by Wilckens (1911) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. Its type specimen is MO 2024a, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Hiatella tenuis by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Lutraria tenuis Wilckens pp. 19-20 figs. pl. 1, fig. 22
1992Hiatella tenuis Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 88

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
—Schizocoela
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Cox 1960)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—SolenataDall 1889
orderHiatellida
superfamilyHiatelloidea(Gray 1824)
familyHiatellidaeGray 1824
genusHiatellaDaudin 1801
speciestenuis(Wilckens 1911)

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available