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Calorhadia aequalis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Nucula aequalis was named by Conrad (1833). Its type specimen is ANSP 30719, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Leda aequalis by Conrad (1854); it was recombined as Nuculana aequalis by Conrad (1865); it was recombined as Calorhadia aequalis by Palmer and Brann (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Nucula media was named by Lea (1833). Its type specimen is ANSP 5411-5413, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was recombined as Nuculana media by Conrad (1865); it was recombined as Leda media by Harris (1919) and Cooke (1936); it was synonymized subjectively with Calorhadia aequalis by Palmer and Brann (1965).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Nucula aequalis Conrad p. 46
1833Nucula media Lea p. 46
1854Leda aequalis Conrad p. 29
1865Nuculana aequalis Conrad p. 13
1865Nuculana media Conrad p. 13
1919Leda media Harris p. 65
1936Leda media Cooke p. 63
1965Calorhadia aequalis Palmer and Brann p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusCalorhadia
speciesaequalis(Conrad 1833)

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.

Calorhadia aequalis Conrad 1833
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Invalid names: Leda media Lea 1833 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available