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Meretrix

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Meretrix Lamarck
1855Cytherea (Meretrix) Conrad p. 72
1922Meretrix Packard p. 423
1922Meretrix Woods p. 72
1928Meretrix Nagao p. 65
1980Meretrix Vokes p. 169
1984Meretrix Pugaczewska p. 55
2002Meretrix Sepkoski
2010Meretrix Bouchet et al.
2021Meretrix Mendir et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
genusMeretrixLamarck 1799

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. Meretrix Lamarck 1799
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Meretrix bosworthi Woods 1922
Meretrix cornelli Harris 1895
Meretrix dalli Dickerson 1914
Meretrix decisa Conrad 1855
Meretrix desvauxi Coquand 1862
Meretrix gabbi Arnold 1909
Meretrix hikoshimensis Okamoto and Sakai 1995
Meretrix indica Cox 1930
Meretrix landesi Weaver 1912
Meretrix longa Gabb 1864
Meretrix macbeani Harris 1919
Meretrix marshana Anderson 1958
Meretrix mortoni Contrad 1834
Meretrix negritosensis Woods 1922
Meretrix neusensis Harris 1919
Meretrix nuttalliopsis Heilprin 1878
Meretrix persica Cox 1936
Meretrix profunda Conrad 1854
Meretrix shantii Abbass 1972
Meretrix stantoni Dickerson 1914
Meretrix subimpressa Conrad 1848
Meretrix sylvaerupis Harris 1919
Meretrix tularana Conrad 1855
Meretrix uniomeris Conrad 1855
Meretrix yoakumi Gabb 1861
Pitaria californiana Conrad 1855
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available