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Zirfaea crispata

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae

Taxonomy
Mya crispata was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Pholas crispata by Wood (1882); it was recombined as Zirphaea crispata by Ashley (1895); it was misspelled as Zirphaea crispata by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Zirfaea crispata by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mya crispata Linnaeus
1882Pholas crispata Wood
1895Zirphaea crispata Ashley p. 343
1962Zirphaea crispata Richards
2007Zirfaea crispata Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyPholadoideaLamarck 1809
familyPholadidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyPholadinaeLamarck 1809
genusZirfaeaGray 1842
speciescrispata(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Zirfaea crispata Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
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