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Prosoleptus lineata

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Nucula lineata was named by Goldfuss (1837).

It was recombined as Prosoleptus lineata by Beushausen (1895); it was recombined as Palaeoneilo lineata by Bittner (1895), Bittner (1901) and Broili (1904); it was recombined as Ctenodonta (Prosoleptus) lineata by Frech (1912).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Nucula lineata Goldfuss p. 153 figs. Pl 124, fig 17
1841Nucula lineata Münster p. 83 figs. Pl 8, fig 9
1841Nucula faba Wissmann p. 85 figs. Pl 8, fig 16
1843Nucula stotteri Klipstein p. 262 figs. Pl 17, fig 8
1843Nucula undata Klipstein p. 262 figs. Pl 17, figs 16,21
1865Nucula lineata Laube p. 63 figs. Pl 19, fig 1
1895Prosoleptus lineata Beushausen
1895Palaeoneilo faba Bittner
1895Palaeoneilo lineata Bittner
1901Palaeoneilo lineata Bittner
1904Palaeoneilo lineata Broili
1912Ctenodonta (Prosoleptus) lineata Frech

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusProsoleptusBeushausen 1895
specieslineata(Goldfuss 1837)

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.

†Prosoleptus lineata Goldfuss 1837
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Invalid names: Nucula faba Wissmann 1841 [synonym], Nucula stotteri Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Nucula undata Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available