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Callista (Costacallista) hornii

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Meretrix hornii was named by Gabb (1864).

It was recombined as Macrocallista (Costacallista) hornii by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Pitar (Lamelliconcha) hornii by Vokes (1939); it was recombined as Callista (Costacallista) hornii by Squires (1984), Squires (1987) and Squires (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Meretrix hornii Gabb p. 164 figs. pl. 23, fig. 144
1869Meretrix hornii Gabb p. 185 figs. PI. 30, Fig. 78
1917Meretrix hornii Waring p. 94 figs. Pl. 15, Figs. 9 and 19
1930Macrocallista (Costacallista) hornii Stewart pp. 242 -243 figs. Plate 12, fig. 8; pl. 17, fig:. 7
1939Pitar (Lamelliconcha) hornii Vokes p. 86 figs. Plate 13, Figure 6
1984Callista (Costacallista) hornii Squires p. 51 figs. Figure 12g
1987Callista (Costacallista) hornii Squires p. 69
1988Callista (Costacallista) hornii Squires p. 19

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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)
genusCallistaPalmer 1926
subgenusCostacallista
specieshornii()

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available