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Scalpomactra glabra

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Nucula glabra was named by Sowerby (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Argentina.]. Its type specimen is NHM-L27966, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Scalpomactra glabra by Griffin and Nielsen (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. continua

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Nucula glabra Sowerby p. 251 figs. pl. 2, fig. 18
2008Scalpomactra glabra Griffin and Nielsen p. 19

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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
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyMactrinaeLamarck 1809
genusScalpomactraFinlay 1928
speciesglabra(Sowerby 1846)

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.

†Scalpomactra glabra Sowerby 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available