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Tellina (Megangulus)
Taxonomy
Megangulus was named by Afshar (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Tellina (Megangulus) by Coan et al. (2000) and Moore (2003).
It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Tellininae by Matsubara (2002); and to Tellina by Coan et al. (2000) and Moore (2003).
It was reranked as Tellina (Megangulus) by Coan et al. (2000) and Moore (2003).
It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Tellininae by Matsubara (2002); and to Tellina by Coan et al. (2000) and Moore (2003).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Megangulus luteus, Megangulus zyonoensis, Tellina aquitanica, Tellina bellsiana, Tellina browni, Tellina carlilana, Tellina celetes, Tellina colombiana, Tellina cowlitzensis, Tellina dinomera, Tellina estellensis, Tellina felix, Tellina frontera, Tellina gouldia, Tellina idea, Tellina kikaizimana, Tellina luderitizi, Tellina multiconcentrica, Tellina munda, Tellina pretiosa, Tellina quihi, Tellina rollandensis, Tellina rosa, Tellina rostralis, Tellina rostrata, Tellina scrippensis, Tellina semipapyra, Tellina silicata, Tellina silicata, Tellina subprotexta, Tellina subtriangularis, Tellina townsendsis, Tellina woodmansensis
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1969 | Megangulus Afshar |
2000 | Tellina (Megangulus) Coan et al. p. 403 |
2002 | Megangulus Matsubara p. 140 |
2002 | Megangulus Sepkoski |
2003 | Tellina (Megangulus) Moore |
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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.
Subg. Tellina (Megangulus) Afshar 1969
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Megangulus bodegensis Hinds 1844
†Megangulus maxima Nagao 1928
†Megangulus protovenulosa Nomura 1935
†Megangulus pulchrus Slodkewitsch 1938
†Tellina (Megangulus) crooki Nelson 1925
†Tellina (Megangulus) kewi Dickerson 1914
Tellina (Megangulus) lutea Gray 1828
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available