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Semele laevis costaricensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Taxonomy
Semele laevis costaricensis was named by Olsson (1922). Its type specimen is PRI 21287, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Semele costaricensis by Olsson (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Semele laevis costaricensis Olsson p. 258 figs. pl. 29, fig. 1
1931Semele laevis costaricensis Hodson and Hodson p. 17
1964Semele costaricensis Olsson p. 65
1982Semele laevis costaricensis Woodring p. 677

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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)
familySemelidaeStoliczka 1870
genusSemeleSchumacher 1817
specieslaevis(Sowerby 1833)
subspeciescostaricensisOlsson 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.

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Diagnosis
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