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Tellinella rovala

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina rovala was named by Olsson (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Water Cay [Cayo Agua Fm], which is in a Piacenzian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Cayo Agua Formation of Panama.

It was recombined as Tellina (Tellinella) rovala by Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Tellinella rovala by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Tellina rovala Olsson p. 249 figs. pl. 256, figs. 7, 8
1982Tellina (Tellinella) rovala Woodring p. 657
2008Tellinella rovala 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
genusTellinellaLinnaeus 1758
speciesrovala(Olsson 1922)

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.

Tellinella rovala Olsson 1922
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Diagnosis
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