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Tetrarca tetragona

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Taxonomy
Arca tetragona was named by Poli (1795). It is extant. It is the type species of Tetrarca.

It was recombined as Tetrarca tetragona by Vermeij and Amano (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Arca tetragona Poli
1850Arca tetragona Wood p. 76
1879Arca tetragona Wood p. 44
1993Arca tetragona Poppe and Goto p. 42
2000Arca tetragona Callapez and Ferreira Soares p. 315
2021Tetrarca tetragona Vermeij and Amano p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCucullaeidaeStewart 1930
genusTetrarcaNordsieck 1969
speciestetragona(Poli 1795)

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.

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Diagnosis
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