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Clinopisthinae

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Taxonomy
Clinopisthidae was named by Pojeta (1988). Its type is Clinopistha.

It was reranked as the subfamily Clinopisthinae by Bouchet et al. (2010) and Bailey (2021).

It was assigned to Solemyoidea by Carter et al. (2011); and to Solemyidae by Bouchet et al. (2010) and Bailey (2021).

Subtaxa
Clinopistha (type genus), Dystactella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Clinopisthidae Pojeta
2010Clinopisthinae Bouchet et al.
2011Clinopisthidae Carter et al. p. 5
2021Clinopisthinae Bailey p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderSolemyidaNewell 1965
superfamilySolemyoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familySolemyidaeAdams and Adams 1857
subfamilyClinopisthinae(Pojeta 1988)
subfamilyClinopisthinae(Pojeta 1988)

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.

Subfm. †Clinopisthinae Pojeta 1988
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G. †Clinopistha Meek and Worthen 1870
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Clinopistha abbreviata de Ryckholt 1854
Clinopistha curta Walcott 1884
Clinopistha kasanensis Netschajew 1894
Clinopistha levis Meek and Worthen 1870
Clinopistha truncata Goldfuss 1840
G. †Dystactella Hall and Whitfield 1872
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Dystactella biarmica de Verneuil 1845
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Invalid names: Solemya abnormis Howse 1848 [synonym]
Dystactella excisa de Koninck 1885
Dystactella insularis Walcott 1884
Dystactella silurica Liljedahl 1984
Dystactella valvulus Hall and Whitfield 1872
Dystactella vetusta Meek 1871
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available