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Meretrix nuttalliopsis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cytherea nuttalliopsis was named by Heilprin (1878) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Paleocene or Eocene; Florida, Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Meretrix nuttalliopsis by Maury (1912).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. canoasensis, M. incrassata, M. transversa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Cytherea nuttalliopsis Heilprin
1912Meretrix nuttalliopsis Maury p. 55

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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
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
genusMeretrixLamarck 1799
speciesnuttalliopsis(Heilprin 1878)

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.

†Meretrix nuttalliopsis Heilprin 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available