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Tucetona (Bellaxinaea) multicostata

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Taxonomy
Pectunculus multicostatus was named by Sowerby (1833). It is extant.

It was recombined as Glycymeris multicostata by Grant, IV and Gale (1931) and Squires (1959); it was recombined as Glycymeris (Tuceta) multicostata by Hertlein and Strong (1943); it was recombined as Tucetona multicostata by Olsson (1961); it was recombined as Tucetona (Bellaxinaea) multicostata by Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Glycymeris (Tucetona) multicostata by Moore (1983) and Powell (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Glycymeris nodosa, T. oculata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pectunculus multicostatus Sowerby p. 195
1931Glycymeris multicostata Grant, IV and Gale p. 133
1943Glycymeris (Tuceta) multicostata Hertlein and Strong p. 151
1959Glycymeris multicostata Squires
1961Tucetona multicostata Olsson p. 107
1983Glycymeris (Tucetona) multicostata Moore p. A57 figs. Plate 12, figures 18, 19
2000Tucetona (Bellaxinaea) multicostata Coan et al. p. 142
2008Glycymeris (Tucetona) multicostata Powell p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyGlycymerididaeNewton 1922
genusTucetonaIredale 1939
subgenusBellaxinaea(Nicol 1984)
speciesmulticostata(Sowerby 1833)

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