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Meroena

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Meroena was named by Jukes-Brown (1908) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 914].

It was assigned to Sunettinae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Meroena Jukes-Brown
1995Meroena Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183
2002Meroena Sepkoski

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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
subfamilySunettinaeStoliczka 1870
genusMeroenaJukes-Brown 1908

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. †Meroena Jukes-Brown 1908
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Meroena multisulcata Deshayes 1825
Meroena polita Lamarck 1806
Meroena semisulcata Lamarck 1806
Meroena separata Deshayes 1857
Meroena trigonula Deshayes 1825
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available