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Neopycnodonta cochlear

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Pycnodonta cochlear was named by Poli (1795). It is extant.

It was recombined as Neopycnodonta cochlear by Poppe and Goto (1993) and Callapez and Ferreira Soares (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Pycnodonta cochlear Poli
1993Neopycnodonta cochlear Poppe and Goto p. 78
2000Neopycnodonta cochlear Callapez and Ferreira Soares p. 315

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyPycnodonteinaeStenzel 1959
genusNeopycnodonta(Stenzel 1971)
speciescochlear(Poli 1795)

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.

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Diagnosis
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