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Costacallista laevigata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cytherea laevigata was named by Lamarck (1806) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Callista laevigata by Burton (1933); it was recombined as Meretrix laevigata by Morellet and Morellet (1944); it was recombined as Macrocallista laevigata by Kelsey (1976); it was recombined as Costacallista laevigata by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Cytherea laevigata Lamarck pp. 134-135 figs. pl. 29, fig. 6
1933Callista laevigata Burton
1944Meretrix laevigata Morellet and Morellet
1976Macrocallista laevigata Kelsey
1995Costacallista laevigata Le Renard and Pacaud p. 71

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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
subfamilyCallocardiinae(Dall 1895)
genusCostacallistaPalmer 1926
specieslaevigata(Lamarck 1806)

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.

Costacallista laevigata Lamarck 1806
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available