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Psammotreta aurora

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina aurora was named by Hanley (1844). It is extant. It is the type species of Psammotreta.

It was recombined as Psammotreta aurora by Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. crassula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Tellina aurora Hanley
1982Psammotreta aurora Woodring p. 669

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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
subfamilyMacominaeOlsson 1961
genusPsammotretaDall 1900
speciesaurora(Hanley 1844)

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.

Psammotreta aurora Hanley 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available