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Tampaella meropsis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina (Moerella) meropsis was named by Dall (1900). It is extant.

It was recombined as Moerella meropsis by Olsson (1964); it was recombined as Tellina (Angulus) meropsis by Coan et al. (2000) and Moore (2003); it was recombined as Tampaella meropsis by Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Tellina (Moerella) meropsis Dall pp. 303, 307
1900Tellina (Moerella) paziana Dall p. 318 figs. pl. 3, fig. 8
1964Moerella meropsis Olsson p. 68
2000Tellina (Angulus) meropsis Coan et al. p. 402
2003Tellina (Angulus) meropsis Moore figs. plate 1, figure 3
2021Tampaella meropsis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
subfamilyTellininaeBlainville 1814
genusTampaellaHuber et al. 2015
speciesmeropsis(Dall 1900)

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: Tellina (Moerella) paziana Dall 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available