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Taxonomy
Cytherea elegans distans was named by Deshayes (1825) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Meretrix distans by Morellet and Morellet (1944); it was recombined as Callista (Callista) elegans distans by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).
It was recombined as Meretrix distans by Morellet and Morellet (1944); it was recombined as Callista (Callista) elegans distans by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Cytherea elegans distans Deshayes pp. 138-139 figs. pl. 22, figs. 10-11 |
| 1944 | Meretrix distans Morellet and Morellet |
| 1995 | Callista (Callista) elegans distans Le Renard and Pacaud p. 72 |
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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.
†Callista (Callista) elegans distans Deshayes 1825
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||