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Arcopagia fausta

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina fausta was named by Pulteney (1799) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Arcopagia (Johnsonella).

It was recombined as Tellina (Cyclotellina) fausta by Woodring et al. (1924); it was recombined as Arcopagia (Johnsonella) fausta by Vokes (1972); it was recombined as Arcopagia fausta by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Tellina fausta Pulteney
1924Tellina (Cyclotellina) fausta Woodring and et al.
1972Arcopagia (Johnsonella) fausta Vokes p. 34
2008Arcopagia fausta Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusArcopagiaLeach 1827
speciesfausta(Pulteney 1799)

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.

Arcopagia fausta Pulteney 1799
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available