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Acila (Truncacila) castrensis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy
Nucula castrensis was named by Hinds (1843) [DISTRIBUTION: Northeastern Pacific (Recent). HISTORY: Type species by original designation.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Acila castrensis by Ashley (1895), Woodring and Bramlette (1950) and Kern (1973); it was recombined as Nucula (Acila) castrensis by Arnold (1903), Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Acila (Truncacila) castrensis by Schenck (1936), Woodring (1938), Keen and Bentson (1944), Faustman (1964), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Moore (1983), Coan et al. (2000), Huber (2010), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Nucula castrensis Hinds
1863Nucula lyalli Baird p. 71
1895Acila castrensis Ashley p. 344
1903Nucula (Acila) castrensis Arnold p. 95
1922Acila empirensis Howe p. 96
1931Nucula (Acila) castrensis Grant, IV and Gale
1936Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Schenck p. 98
1938Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Woodring p. 29
1944Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Keen and Bentson p. 23
1950Acila castrensis Woodring and Bramlette
1964Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Faustman p. 113
1967Acila (Truncacila) beringiana Slodkevisch p. 56
1972Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Hertlein and Grant p. 147
1973Acila castrensis Kern
1983Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Moore pp. A12 - A13 figs. Plate 1, figure 24
1983Acila (Truncacila) empirensis Moore p. A12 figs. Plate 1, figure 26
2000Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Coan et al. p. 74
2010Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Huber p. 89
2012Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 34
2021Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyNuculidaeGray 1824
genusAcilaAdams and Adams 1858
subgenusTruncacilaGrant and Gale 1931
speciescastrensis(Hinds 1843)

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: Acila (Truncacila) beringiana Slodkevisch 1967 [synonym], Acila empirensis Howe 1922 [synonym], Nucula lyalli Baird 1863 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available