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Harvella elegans

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Mactra elegans was named by Sowerby (1825) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Panama, Ecuador, Peru.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Mactra (Harvella) elegans by Gray (1853); it was recombined as Mactrella (Harvella) elegans by Anderson (1929); it was recombined as Harvella elegans by Olsson (1964), Woodring (1982) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Mactra elegans Sowerby
1853Mactra (Harvella) elegans Gray
1867Harvella pacifica Conrad p. 192
1922Mactra estrellana Olsson p. 263 figs. pl. 28, fig. 1
1925Mactra (Harvella) sanctiblasii Maury p. 114 figs. pl. 21, fig. 2
1929Mactrella (Harvella) elegans Anderson p. 176
1930Raeta maxima Li p. 263
1964Harvella elegans Olsson p. 64
1982Harvella elegans Woodring p. 652
2012Harvella elegans Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 617

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyMactrinaeLamarck 1809
genusHarvella(Gray 1853)
specieselegans(Sowerby 1825)

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.

Harvella elegans Sowerby 1825
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Invalid names: Harvella pacifica Conrad 1867 [synonym], Mactra (Harvella) sanctiblasii Maury 1925 [synonym], Mactra estrellana Olsson 1922 [synonym], Raeta maxima Li 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available