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Elegantinia

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae

Taxonomy
Myophoria (Elegantinia) was named by Waagen (1907). Its type is Myophoria (Elegantinia) elegans.

It was reranked as Elegantinia by Hautmann (2001) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

It was assigned to Myophoria by Waagen (1907) and Gu et al. (1976); and to Myophoriidae by Hautmann (2001) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Myophoria (Elegantinia) Waagen
1954Lyriomyophoria Kobayashi
1976Myophoria (Elegantinia) Gu et al. p. 46
1980Lyriomyophoria Vokes p. 97
2001Elegantinia Hautmann
2002Lyriomyophoria Sepkoski
2014Elegantinia Ros-Franch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyTrigonioidea(Lamarck 1819)
familyMyophoriidaeBronn 1847
genusElegantinia()

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.

G. †Elegantinia Waagen 1907
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Elegantinia elegans Dunker 1849
Elegantinia paullorum Boyd and Newell 1997
Invalid names: Lyriomyophoria Kobayashi 1954 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available