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Terraia altissima

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Solenomorpha altissima was named by Holdhaus (1918). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Terraia altissima by Cox (1934), Mendes (1944), David et al. (2011) and Simões et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Solenomorpha altissima Holdhaus p. 12 figs. Pl 1, figs 8-10
1919Solenomorpha intermedia Holdhaus
1929Isocyprina reducta Cowper Reed
1934Terraia altissima Cox
1944Terraia altissima Mendes
2011Terraia altissima David et al. figs. 4A-E
2017Terraia altissima Simões et al. p. 218 figs. 7A-C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
subfamilyTerraiinaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genusTerraia
speciesaltissima(Holdhaus 1918)

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.

Terraia altissima Holdhaus 1918
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Invalid names: Isocyprina reducta Cowper Reed 1929 [synonym], Solenomorpha intermedia Holdhaus 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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