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Costacallista erycina

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus erycina was named by Linnaeaus (1758) [TYPE LOCALITY: Indo-Pacific, Early Miocene-Recent.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Costacallista.

It was recombined as Dione erycina by Reeve (1864); it was recombined as Cytherea erycina by Noetling (1901); it was recombined as Callista erycina by Cossmann (1924); it was recombined as Costacallista erycina by Palmer (1926) and Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Macrocallista erycina by Cox (1927) and Mukerjee (1939); it was recombined as Callista (Costacallista) erycina by Tiwari and Kachhara (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Venus erycina Linnaeaus
1864Dione erycina Reeve
1901Cytherea erycina Noetling p. 198
1924Callista erycina Cossmann p. 134
1926Costacallista erycina Palmer pp. 73, 84
1927Macrocallista erycina Cox p. 58
1939Macrocallista erycina Mukerjee p. 20
1982Costacallista erycina Woodring p. 691
2003Callista (Costacallista) erycina Tiwari and Kachhara p. 86

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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)
genusCostacallistaPalmer 1926
specieserycina(Linnaeaus 1758)

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.

Costacallista erycina Linnaeaus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available