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Solea

Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae

Taxonomy
Solea was named by Gouan (1770) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Soleidae by Arambourg (1927), Heinrich (1969), Steurbaut (1979), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Steurbaut (1984) and Bedini et al. (1986); to Pleuronectiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pleuronectidae by Leriche (1926) and Girone et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1770Solea Gouan
1926Solea Leriche p. 461
1927Solea Arambourg p. 61
1969Solea Heinrich p. 43
1979Solea Steurbaut p. 78
1983Solea Nolf and Steurbaut p. 187
1984Solea Steurbaut p. 112
1986Solea Bedini et al. p. 62
2002Solea Sepkoski
2006Solea Girone et al. p. 657

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Carangimorpharia
Carangimorphariae
orderPleuronectiformes
suborderPleuronectoidei
familyPleuronectidae
genusSoleaGouan 1770

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.

G. Solea Gouan 1770
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Solea approximata Koken 1891
Solea balonggensis Vorstman 1927
Solea eocenica Woodward 1910
Solea glabber Koken 1888
Solea lenticularis Koken 1891
Solea prisca Ciobanu 1977
Solea proocellata Arambourg 1927
Solea rotunda Priem 1914
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Invalid names: Solea solea Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Solea senegalensis Kaup 1858
Solea songgoensis Vorstman 1927
Solea sulci Steurbaut 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available