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Anadara (Rasia) inaequilateralis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Arca inaequilateralis was named by Guppy (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene-Early Pliocene; Jamaica, Dominican Republic. TYPE: cotype number listed.]. Its type specimen is BMNH 64089, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Arca (Scapharca) inaequilateralis by Anderson (1929); it was recombined as Anadara inaequilateralis by Vokes (1969); it was recombined as Anadara (Rasia) inaequilateralis by Woodring (1973).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Arca inaequilateralis Guppy pp. 293-294 figs. pl. 28, fig. 2
1929Arca (Scapharca) inaequilateralis Anderson p. 150
1969Anadara inaequilateralis Vokes p. 12
1973Anadara (Rasia) inaequilateralis Woodring p. 501

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyAnadarinaeReinhart 1935
genusAnadaraGray 1847
subgenusRasia(Gray 1857)
speciesinaequilateralis(Guppy 1866)

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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