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Mesocallista subovalis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus subovalis was named by Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Mesocallista subovalis by Malchus et al. (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Venus fabacea Roemer
1841Venus ovalis Sowerby
1850Venus subovalis Orbigny
1884Cytherea ovalis Goldfuss
1885Cytherea fabacea Roemer
1994Mesocallista subovalis Malchus et al.

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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
subfamilyCallocardiinae(Dall 1895)
genusMesocallistaCox 1952
speciessubovalis(Orbigny 1850)

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.

Mesocallista subovalis Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Cytherea fabacea Roemer 1885 [synonym], Cytherea ovalis Goldfuss 1884 [synonym], Venus fabacea Roemer 1841 [synonym], Venus ovalis Sowerby 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available