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Pterotrigonia vaelsiensis

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae

Taxonomy
Trigonia vaelsiensis was named by Boehm (1884).

It was recombined as Pterotrigonia vaelsiensis by Malchus et al. (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Lyrodon aliforme Goldfuss
1844Trigonia limbata Orbigny
1884Trigonia vaelsiensis Boehm
1994Pterotrigonia vaelsiensis Malchus et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyMyophorelloidea(Kobayashi 1954)
Megatrigonioidaevan Hoepen 1929
Megatrigoniitaevan Hoepen 1929
familyMegatrigoniidaevan Hoepen 1929
subfamilyPterotrigoniinaevan Hoepen 1929
genusPterotrigoniavan Hoepen 1929
speciesvaelsiensis(Boehm 1884)

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: Lyrodon aliforme Goldfuss 1837 [synonym], Trigonia limbata Orbigny 1844 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available