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Taxonomy
Spisula pittsburgensis was named by Clark (1925). Its type specimen is SU 5205, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Mactra (Spisula) pittsburgensis by Durham (1944); it was recombined as Spisula (Mactromeris) pittsburgensis by Moore (1976); it was recombined as Mactromeris pittsburgensis by Hickman (2015) and Hendy (2020).
It was recombined as Mactra (Spisula) pittsburgensis by Durham (1944); it was recombined as Spisula (Mactromeris) pittsburgensis by Moore (1976); it was recombined as Mactromeris pittsburgensis by Hickman (2015) and Hendy (2020).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Spisula pittsburgensis Clark pp. 101-102 figs. pl. 17, figs. 2-4 |
| 1942 | Spisula pittsburgensis Weaver p. 235 |
| 1944 | Mactra (Spisula) pittsburgensis Durham p. 151 |
| 1976 | Spisula (Mactromeris) pittsburgensis Moore p. 49 |
| 2015 | Mactromeris pittsburgensis Hickman p. 32 |
| 2020 | Mactromeris pittsburgensis Hendy |
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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.
†Mactromeris pittsburgensis Clark 1925
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†Mactra (Spisula) pittsburgensis frustra Tegland 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available