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Atrina argentea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae

Taxonomy
Pinna argentea was named by Conrad (1848) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 10222, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Pinna (Atrina) argentea by Cooke (1921); it was recombined as Atrina argentea by Dall (1898), Mansfield (1940) and Dockery (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Pinna argentea Conrad p. 295
1898Atrina argentea Dall p. 662
1921Pinna (Atrina) argentea Cooke p. 84
1940Atrina argentea Mansfield p. 178
1982Atrina argentea Dockery p. 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPinnoideaLeach 1819
familyPinnidaeLeach 1819
genusAtrinaGray 1842
speciesargentea()

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.

Atrina argentea Conrad 1848
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Diagnosis
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