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Taxonomy
Meretrix was named by Lamarck (1799) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Meretricinae.
It was reranked as Cytherea (Meretrix) by Conrad (1855).
It was assigned to Cytherea by Conrad (1855); to Veneridae by Woods (1922), Packard (1922) and Nagao (1928); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Meretricinae by Vokes (1980), Pugaczewska (1984), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Mendir et al. (2021).
It was reranked as Cytherea (Meretrix) by Conrad (1855).
It was assigned to Cytherea by Conrad (1855); to Veneridae by Woods (1922), Packard (1922) and Nagao (1928); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Meretricinae by Vokes (1980), Pugaczewska (1984), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Mendir et al. (2021).
Species
M. bosworthi, M. cornelli, M. dalli, M. decisa, M. desvauxi, M. gabbi, M. hikoshimensis, M. indica, M. landesi, M. longa, M. macbeani, M. marshana, M. mortoni, M. negritosensis, M. neusensis, M. nuttalliopsis, M. persica, M. pittsburgensis, M. profunda, M. pseudomeretrix, M. shantii, M. stantoni, M. subimpressa, M. sylvaerupis, M. tularana, M. uniomeris, M. yoakumi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1799 | Meretrix Lamarck |
1855 | Cytherea (Meretrix) Conrad p. 72 |
1922 | Meretrix Packard p. 423 |
1922 | Meretrix Woods p. 72 |
1928 | Meretrix Nagao p. 65 |
1980 | Meretrix Vokes p. 169 |
1984 | Meretrix Pugaczewska p. 55 |
2002 | Meretrix Sepkoski |
2010 | Meretrix Bouchet et al. |
2021 | Meretrix Mendir et al. p. 19 |
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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.
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 pittsburgensis Dall 1900
†Meretrix profunda Conrad 1854
†Meretrix pseudomeretrix Nagao 1928
†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