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Donax

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Donax Linnaeus p. 682
1931Donax Olsson p. 66
1939Donax Mukerjee p. 12
1969Donax da Silva Forti p. 92
1972Donax Kensley p. 182
1980Donax Vokes p. 146
1982Donax Woodring p. 671
1985Donax Farinati p. 216
1987Donax Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992Donax Lamprell and Whitehead p. 106
1992Donax Ward p. 96
2002Donax Sepkoski
2003Donax Moore
2005Donax Schneider et al. p. 102
2008Donax Prasad
2010Donax Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyDonacidaeFleming 1828
genusDonax

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. Donax Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Donax (Capsella) Gray 1851
Subg. Donax (Cuneus) da Costa 1778
Subg. Donax (Donax) Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Donax laevigata Reeve 1844 [replaced]
Donax (Donax) parinensis Olsson 1928
Subg. Donax (Hecuba) Schumacher 1817
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Subg. Donax (Latona) Schumacher 1817
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Donax (Latona) capparis Olsson 1928
Donax (Latona) cuneatus Linnaeus 1758
Donax (Latona) faba Gmelin 1791
Donax (Latona) parisiensis Deshayes 1857
Donax (Latona) prosopsis Olsson 1928
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Invalid names: Donax punaensis Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 [synonym]
Paradonax petersoni Olsson 1931
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Invalid names: Donax roemeri Philippi 1849 [synonym]
Subg. †Donax (Tembrockia) GrĂ¼ndel 1980
Donax acutus Deshayes 1857
Donax asper Olsson 1961
Donax bezanconi Cossmann 1883
Donax carinatus Hanley 1843
Donax carinatus palaius Woodring 1982
Donax cuneatus Linnaeus 1758
Donax deltoides Lamarck 1818
Donax denticulatus Linnaeus 1758
Donax faba Gmelin 1791
Donax flexuosus Gould 1853
Donax fossor Say 1822
Donax foucardi Deshayes 1857
Donax funerata Conrad 1848
Donax gonioides Woodring 1982
Donax haughtoni Carrington and Kensley 1969
Donax hilairea Guerin 1832
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Invalid names: Donax hanleyanus Philippi 1845 [synonym]
Donax idoneus Conrad 1872
Donax incerta Deshayes 1857
Donax latus Gabb 1869
Donax obesulus Reeve 1854
Donax petersoni Olsson 1931
Donax politus Poli 1791
Donax rugosus Linnaeus 1758
Donax scrippsensis Hanna 1927
Donax securiformis Dunker 1846
Donax serra Roding 1798
Donax striatus Linnaeus 1767
Donax texasianus Philippi 1847
Donax triangulata Anderson and Martin 1914
Donax trigonulus Deshayes 1857
Donax trueloides Gardner 1947
Donax trunculus Linnaeus 1758
Donax veneriformis Lamarck 1818
Donax vittatus da Costa 1778
Donax wiedenmayeri Hodson and Hodson 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available