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Meretrix pittsburgensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Meretrix pittsburgensis was named by Dall (1900) [TYPE SPECIMEN: Lectotype.]. Its type specimen is USNM 107396, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Callista (Macrocallista) pittsburgensis by Moore (1976); it was recombined as Macrocallista pittsburgensis by Dall (1903), Clark (1918), Weaver (1942), Durham (1944) and Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. canoasensis, M. incrassata, M. transversa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Meretrix pittsburgensis Dall
1903Macrocallista pittsburgensis Dall p. 1253
1918Macrocallista pittsburgensis Clark p. 146
1942Macrocallista pittsburgensis Weaver p. 175
1944Macrocallista pittsburgensis Durham p. 147
1976Callista (Macrocallista) pittsburgensis Moore p. 49
2020Macrocallista pittsburgensis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
genusMeretrixLamarck 1799
speciespittsburgensisDall 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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available