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Spisula albaria ramonensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Spisula albaria ramonensis was named by Packard (1916). Its type specimen is UCMP 11118, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Spisula ramonensis by Packard and Clark (1915), Clark (1918), Clark (1918) and Addicott (1973); it was recombined as Mactra (Spisula) ramonensis by Durham (1944); it was recombined as Mactromeris ramonensis by Moore (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Spisula ramonensis Packard and Clark p. 15
1916Spisula albaria ramonensis Packard pp. 291 - 292 figs. pi. 23, fig. 5, pi. 25, figs. 1, 2
1918Spisula ramonensis Clark p. 158 figs. Pl. 9, FIgs. 4, 5
1944Mactra (Spisula) ramonensis Durham p. 151
1973Spisula ramonensis Addicott p. 30 figs. Plate 4, figure 5
2003Mactromeris ramonensis Moore

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyMactrinaeLamarck 1809
genusSpisulaConrad 1868
speciesalbaria(Conrad 1848)
subspeciesramonensis

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