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Botula fusca

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Taxonomy
Mytilus fuscus was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.

It was recombined as Botula fusca by Woodring (1957), Richards et al. (1969) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Mytilus fuscus Gmelin
1957Botula fusca Woodring
1969Botula fusca Richards et al. p. 4
2008Botula fusca Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
MytilomorphiFerussac 1822
orderMytilida(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyMytiloideaRafinesque 1815
familyMytilidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyModiolinae(Termier and Termier 1950)
genusBotulaMörch 1853
speciesfusca(Gmelin 1791)

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.

Botula fusca Gmelin 1791
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available