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Phelopteria caudigera

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Taxonomy
Avicula caudigera was named by Zittel (1866). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Phelopteria caudigera by Dartevelle and Freneix (1957), Freneix (1972) and El Qot (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. minuta, P. ruppii, P. salinaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Avicula caudigera Zittel
1957Phelopteria caudigera Dartevelle and Freneix p. 61 figs. Pl 7, figs 6,7
1972Phelopteria caudigera Freneix
2006Phelopteria caudigera El Qot p. 28

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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(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyPteriidaeGray 1847
genusPhelopteriaStephenson 1953
speciescaudigera(Zittel 1866)

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.

†Phelopteria caudigera Zittel 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available