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Diplodonta orbella

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina orbella was named by Gould (1851). It is extant.

It was recombined as Taras orbellus by Clark (1931); it was recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) orbella by Moore (1988); it was recombined as Diplodonta orbellus by Powell and Stevens (2000); it was recombined as Diplodonta orbella by Loel and Corey (1932), Coan et al. (2000), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Lucina orbella Gould p. 90
1857Diplodonta semiaspera discrepans Carpenter p. 248
1931Taras orbellus Clark pp. table opp. p. 30
1932Diplodonta orbella Loel and Corey p. 213 figs. Plate 36, figures 8a, 8b, 9
1988Diplodonta (Diplodonta) orbella Moore p. D27 figs. Plate 8, figures 12-15
2000Diplodonta orbella Coan et al. p. 270
2000Diplodonta orbellus Powell and Stevens
2012Diplodonta orbella Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 738
2021Diplodonta orbella Hendy

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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
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyUngulinoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyUngulinidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusDiplodontaBronn 1831
speciesorbella(Gould 1851)

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.

Diplodonta orbella Gould 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available