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Byssoarca zebra

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Byssoarca zebra was named by Swainson (1833). It is extant.

It was recombined as Arca zebra by Mikkelsen and Bieler (2008), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Vermeij and Amano (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Byssoarca zebra Swainson
1847Arca occidentalis Philippi p. 14 figs. pl. 17b, fig. 4a-c
1876Arca occidentalis Guppy p. 531
1916Arca occidentalis Sheldon p. 8 figs. pl. 1, figs. 8-11
1917Arca occidentalis Maury p. 327
1922Arca occidentalis Olsson p. 181
1925Arca (Arca) occidentalis Woodring p. 29
1927Arca (Arca) occidentalis Hodson et al. p. 2
1929Arca (Arca) occidentalis Anderson p. 147
1939Arca occidentalis Oinomikado p. 627
2008Arca zebra Mikkelsen and Bieler p. 52
2012Arca zebra Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 162
2021Arca zebra Vermeij and Amano p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyArcinaeLamarck 1809
genusByssoarca
specieszebraSwainson 1833

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.

Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833
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Invalid names: Arca occidentalis Philippi 1847 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available