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Pycnodonte (Phygraea) proteus

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy

Ostrea proteus was named by Reuss (1848).

It was recombined as Pycnodonte (Phygraea) proteus by Reuss (1848).

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

Synonyms

Ostrea operculata was named by Reuss (1846).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pycnodonte (Phygraea) proteus by Malchus et al. (1994).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1846	Ostrea operculata Reuss
1848	Pycnodonte (Phygraea) proteus Reuss

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Ostreidina	(Ferussac 1822)
superfamily	Ostreoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Gryphaeidae	Vialov 1936
subfamily	Pycnodonteinae	Stenzel 1959
genus	Pycnodonte	(Fischer von Waldheim 1835)
subgenus	Phygraea	(Vyalov 1936)
species	proteus	(Reuss 1848)

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.

†Pycnodonte (Phygraea) proteus Reuss 1848

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Invalid names: Ostrea operculata Reuss 1846 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available