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Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina rotundata was named by Montagu (1803) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; widespread from eastern Atlantic to Indian Ocean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Diplodonta rotundata by Wood (1850), Wood (1850), Tiwari and Kachhara (2003) and Schneider et al. (2005); it was recombined as Lucina rotundata by Reeve (1850); it was recombined as Taras rotundata by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Taras (Diplodonta) rotundata by Mukerjee (1939); it was recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata by Freneix et al. (1988) and Moths et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Tellina rotundata Montagu p. 71 figs. pl. 2, fig. 3
1850Lucina rotundata Reeve p. 36
1850Diplodonta rotundata Wood p. 144
1930Taras rotundata Stewart pp. 193-194
1939Taras (Diplodonta) rotundata Mukerjee p. 9
1988Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Freneix et al. p. 419
2003Diplodonta rotundata Tiwari and Kachhara p. 85
2005Diplodonta rotundata Schneider et al. p. 114
2010Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Moths et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyUngulinoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyUngulinidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusDiplodontaBronn 1831
subgenusDiplodontaBronn 1831
speciesrotundata(Montagu 1803)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available