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Leporimetis spectabilis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina spectabilis was named by Hanley (1846). It is extant. It is the type species of Leporimetis.

It was recombined as Leporimetis spectabilis by Woodring (1982), Jensen (1996) and Coan et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Tellina spectabilis Hanley
1846Tellina spectabilis Hanley p. 323 figs. pl. 65, fig. 324
1982Leporimetis spectabilis Woodring p. 669
1996Leporimetis spectabilis Jensen p. 45
2000Leporimetis spectabilis Coan et al. p. 420

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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
genusLeporimetisDall 1900
speciesspectabilis(Hanley 1846)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available