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Psammacoma zapotalensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina zapotalensis was named by Spieker (1922) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Mexico, Peru.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Macoma (Psammacoma) zapotalensis by Olsson (1932); it was recombined as Psammacoma zapotalensis by Perrilliat (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Macoma holmesii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Tellina zapotalensis Spieker p. 201
1932Macoma (Psammacoma) zapotalensis Olsson p. 124
1992Psammacoma zapotalensis Perrilliat p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusPsammacomaLeach 1819
specieszapotalensis(Spieker 1922)

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.

†Psammacoma zapotalensis Spieker 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available