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Leda elliptica

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Nucula elliptica was named by Goldfuss (1837).

It was recombined as Leda elliptica by Laube (1865) and Awad (1945); it was recombined as Ctenodonta elliptica by Frech (1912); it was recombined as Palaeoneilo elliptica by Bittner (1895), Broili (1904), Waagen (1907), Gu et al. (1976), Xu (1978), Yang et al. (1979), Sha (1995), Damborenea (2012) and Paredes et al. (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Nucula elliptica Goldfuss p. 153 figs. Pl 124, fig 16
1841Nucula elliptica Münster p. 83 figs. Pl 8, fig 8
1843Nucula tenuis Klipstein p. 263 figs. Pl 17, fig 17
1865Leda elliptica Laube p. 67 figs. Pl 19, fig 6
1895Palaeoneilo elliptica Bittner
1904Palaeoneilo elliptica Broili
1907Palaeoneilo elliptica Waagen
1912Ctenodonta elliptica Frech
1945Leda elliptica Awad
1976Palaeoneilo elliptica Gu et al. p. 22 figs. Pl 19, figs 13,14
1978Palaeoneilo elliptica Xu p. 316 figs. Pl 104, figs 14,15
1979Palaeoneilo elliptica Yang et al. p. 468 figs. Pl 2, figs 2-4
1985Malletia pseudopraecursor Kurushin p. 42 figs. Pl 5, figs 5-8
1995Palaeoneilo elliptica Sha p. 86 figs. Pl 24, figs 1-3
1996Malletia pseudopraecursor Dagis et al. p. 24 figs. Pl 9, fig 1; pl 16, fig 1
2012Palaeoneilo elliptica Damborenea p. 321 figs. Pl 1, figs 2a-b
2013Palaeoneilo elliptica Paredes et al. figs. Pl 1, fig 1

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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
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusLedaLink 1807
specieselliptica(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.

Leda elliptica Goldfuss 1837
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Invalid names: Nucula tenuis Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available