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Kellia suborbicularis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae

Taxonomy
Mya suborbicularis was named by Montague (1803). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chironia suborbicularis by Soper and Grant and IV (1932); it was recombined as Kellia suborbicularis by Wood (1850), Coan et al. (2000), Marquet (2005), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Mya suborbicularis Montague p. 39 figs. pl. 26, fig. 3
1850Kellia suborbicularis Wood p. 118
1932Chironia suborbicularis Soper and Grant, IV p. 1057
2000Kellia suborbicularis Coan et al. p. 323
2005Kellia suborbicularis Marquet
2012Kellia suborbicularis Coan and Valentich-Scott pp. 509, 511
2021Kellia suborbicularis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderLeptonidinaDall 1889
superfamilyGaleommatoidea(Gray 1840)
familyLasaeidaeGray 1842
genusKellia(Fischer 1884)
speciessuborbicularis(Montague 1803)

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.

Kellia suborbicularis Montague 1803
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Invalid names: Kellia laperousii Deshayes 1839 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available