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Saccostrea palmula

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea conchaphila palmula was named by Carpenter (1857) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Eastern Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Ostrea palmula by Grant, IV and Gale (1931) and Keen (1971); it was recombined as Saccostrea palmula by Moore (1987), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Raith et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Ostrea conchaphila palmula Carpenter pp. 164-164
1857Ostrea amara Carpenter p. 363
1871Ostrea mexicana Sowerby pp. pl. 16
1914Ostrea tubulifera Dall
1931Ostrea palmula Grant, IV and Gale p. 152
1971Ostrea palmula Keen p. 84
1987Saccostrea palmula Moore p. 32
2012Saccostrea palmula Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 242
2016Saccostrea palmula Raith et al. p. 265

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCrassostreinaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genusSaccostreaDolfuss and Dautzenberg 1920
speciespalmula(Carpenter 1857)

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.

Saccostrea palmula Carpenter 1857
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Invalid names: Ostrea amara Carpenter 1857 [synonym], Ostrea mexicana Sowerby 1871 [synonym], Ostrea tubulifera Dall 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available