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Polymesoda compressa

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

Taxonomy
Cyrena compressa was named by Deshayes and Milne-Edwards (1835) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Polymesoda compressa by Tracey et al (1995); it was recombined as Polymesoda (Geloina) compressa by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cyrena floridana, P. brogniarti, P. dejaeri, P. nicaraguana, P. tenuis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Cyrena compressa Deshayes and Milne-Edwards p. 279
1995Polymesoda (Geloina) compressa Le Renard and Pacaud p. 72
1995Polymesoda compressa Tracey et al.

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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
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
superfamilyCorbiculoideaGray 1847
familyCorbiculidaeGray 1847
genusPolymesodaRafinesque 1828
speciescompressa(Deshayes and Milne-Edwards 1835)

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.

†Polymesoda compressa Deshayes and Milne-Edwards 1835
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available