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Pleurophorella elegans

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Taxonomy
Digoniomya elegans was named by Whidborne (1897). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pleurophorella elegans by Amler (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Digoniomya elegans Whidborne p. 116
1996Pleurophorella elegans Amler

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
superfamilyKalenteroideaMarwick 1953
familyKalenteridae
subfamilyKalenterinaeMarwick 1953
genusPleurophorella
specieselegans(Whidborne 1897)

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.

Pleurophorella elegans Whidborne 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available