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Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Gryphaea vesiculosa was named by Sowerby (1822).

It was recombined as Ostrea vesiculosa by Choffat (1888) and Sowerby (1891); it was recombined as Pycnodonte vesiculosa by Quarto di Palo (1970) and Kendrick and Vartak (2007); it was recombined as Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculosum by Malchus (1990); it was recombined as Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa by Mendir et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
Gryphaea vesiculosa turkestanica
Sister taxa
Gryphaea vesiculosa turkestanica
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. aucella, P. belli, P. frauscheri, P. houzeaui, P. kansasense, P. kellumi, P. mackayi, P. tarda, P. aucella, P. gambaensis, P. navaniaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Gryphaea vesiculosa Sowerby p. 93 figs. Pl. 369, Fig. 1-7
1888Ostrea vesiculosa Choffat p. 91 figs. Pl 5, figs 15-17
1891Ostrea vesiculosa Sowerby
1970Pycnodonte vesiculosa Quarto di Palo p. 105 figs. Pl. 14, Fig. 5-7
1990Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculosum Malchus
2007Pycnodonte vesiculosa Kendrick and Vartak p. 41 figs. 8G-K
2021Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa Mendir et al. p. 12 figs. 5N1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyPycnodonteinaeStenzel 1959
genusPycnodonte(Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
subgenusPhygraea(Vyalov 1936)
speciesvesicularis(Lamarck 1806)
subspeciesvesiculosa(Sowerby 1822)

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: Ostrea vesiculosa Sowerby 1822 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available