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Meroena polita

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

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

It was recombined as Sunetta polita by Morellet and Morellet (1944); it was recombined as Meroena polita by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Cytherea polita Lamarck p. 134 figs. pl. 29, fig. 5
1944Sunetta polita Morellet and Morellet
1995Meroena polita Le Renard and Pacaud p. 72

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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
subfamilySunettinaeStoliczka 1870
genusMeroenaJukes-Brown 1908
speciespolita(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.

Meroena polita Lamarck 1806
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Diagnosis
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