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Pinctada maculata

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

Taxonomy
Avicula maculata was named by Gould (1850).

It was recombined as Pinctada maculata by Salvat et al. (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Avicula maculata Gould
2018Pinctada maculata Salvat et al.

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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(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyPteriidaeGray 1847
genusPinctadaRšding 1798
speciesmaculata(Gould 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.

Pinctada maculata Gould 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available