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Ameritella carpenteri

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina (Angulus) carpenteri was named by Dall (1900). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tellina carpenteri by Valentine (1958); it was recombined as Tellina (Moerella) carpenteri by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012); it was recombined as Ameritella carpenteri by Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Angulus variegatus Carpenter p. 629
1900Tellina (Angulus) carpenteri Dall p. 320
1949Tellina (Moerella) arenica Hertlein and Strong p. 68
1958Tellina carpenteri Valentine
2000Tellina (Angulus) carpenteri Coan et al. p. 400
2003Tellina (Angulus) carpenteri Moore figs. plate 1, figure 2
2012Tellina (Moerella) carpenteri Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 649
2021Ameritella carpenteri Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusAmeritellaHuber et al. 2015
speciescarpenteri(Dall 1900)

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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Invalid names: Angulus variegatus Carpenter 1864 [replaced], Tellina (Moerella) arenica Hertlein and Strong 1949 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available