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Ilymatogyra africana

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Gryphaea africana was named by Lamarck (1801).

It was recombined as Exogyra africana by Lamarck (1882) and Furon (1935); it was recombined as Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana by Malchus (1990) and Musavu Moussavou (2017); it was recombined as Ilymatogyra africana by Mendir et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Gryphaea africana Lamarck
1819Gryphaea secunda Lamarck
1852Exogyra densata Conrad
1862Ostrea auressensis Coquand
1869Ostrea africana Lamarck
1882Exogyra africana Lamarck
1935Exogyra africana Furon p. 46 figs. Pl 1, figs 10a,b
1990Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana Malchus
2017Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana Musavu Moussavou p. 216 figs. 3I-M
2021Ilymatogyra africana Mendir et al. p. 9 figs. 5E1-2, F1-2, G, H1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyExogyrinaeVialov 1936
genusIlymatogyraStenzel 1971
speciesafricana(Lamarck 1801)

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.

Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801
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Invalid names: Exogyra densata Conrad 1852 [synonym], Gryphaea secunda Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Ostrea africana Lamarck 1869 [synonym], Ostrea auressensis Coquand 1862 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available