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Cumingia tellinoides

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Taxonomy
Mactra tellinoides was named by Conrad (1831) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Pliocene-Recent; Nova Scotia-Florida. TYPE: Holotype (ANSP) missing.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cumingia tellinoides by Holmes (1860), Dall (1900), Abbott (1954), Richards (1962), Spencer and Campbell (1987) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Mactra tellinoides Conrad p. 257 figs. pl. 9, figs. 2-3
1860Cumingia tellinoides Holmes p. 53
1900Cumingia tellinoides Dall p. 1000
1954Cumingia tellinoides Abbott p. 436
1962Cumingia tellinoides Richards p. 67
1987Cumingia tellinoides Spencer and Campbell p. 50
2008Cumingia tellinoides Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familySemelidaeStoliczka 1870
genusCumingiaSowerby I 1833
speciestellinoides(Conrad 1831)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available