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Mesodesmatidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae
Taxonomy
Mesodesmatidae was named by Gray (1840) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5189]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Mactracea by Glenn (1904) and Vokes (1980); and to Mactroidea by Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011) and Signorelli and Carter (2016).
It was assigned to Mactracea by Glenn (1904) and Vokes (1980); and to Mactroidea by Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011) and Signorelli and Carter (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1840 | Mesodesmatidae Gray |
| 1904 | Mesodesmatidae Glenn p. 284 |
| 1922 | Myadesmidae Clark p. 115 |
| 1923 | Myadesmidae Clark and Arnold p. 152 |
| 1962 | Donacillidae Macpherson and Gabriel |
| 1980 | Mesodesmatidae Vokes p. 139 |
| 2009 | Mesodesmatidae Nevesskaja |
| 2010 | Mesodesmatidae Bouchet et al. |
| 2011 | Mesodesmatidae Carter et al. p. 16 |
| 2016 | Mesodesmatidae Signorelli and Carter p. 209 figs. Table 1 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available