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Botula cinnamomeus

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Modiola cinnamomea was named by Lamarck (1819) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Oligocene-Recent; Cosmopolitan]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Modiolus (Botula) cinnamomeus by Dall (1898) and Cooke (1919); it was recombined as Botula cinnamomeus by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. carolinensis, B. similoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Modiola cinnamomea Lamarck p. 114
1835Modiola cinnamomea Lamarck p. 797
1898Modiolus (Botula) cinnamomeus Dall p. 797
1919Modiolus (Botula) cinnamomeus Cooke
2008Botula cinnamomeus Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—MytilomorphiFerussac 1822
orderMytilida(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyMytilidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyModiolinae(Termier and Termier 1950)
genusBotulaMörch 1853
speciescinnamomeus(Lamarck 1819)

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.

Botula cinnamomeus Lamarck 1819
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Diagnosis
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