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Bellucina actinus

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Phacoides (Bellucina) actinus was named by Dall (1903). Its type specimen is USNM 135719, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Phacoides actinus by Maury (1917); it was recombined as Phacoides (Parvilucina) actinus by Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Bellucina actinus by Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Linga gonzalesi, Phacoides eupheus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Phacoides (Bellucina) actinus Dall p. 1385 figs. pl. 52, fig. 3
1911Lucina (Codakia) dariena Toula p. 494 figs. pl. 31, figs. 3a, b
1917Phacoides actinus Maury p. 206
1922Phacoides (Parvilucina) actinus Olsson p. 224
1982Bellucina actinus Woodring p. 616

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusBellucinaSacco 1901
speciesactinus(Dall 1903)

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.

†Bellucina actinus Dall 1903
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Invalid names: Lucina (Codakia) dariena Toula 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available