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Anodontia alba

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Anodontia alba was named by Link (1807) [DISTRIBUTION: North Carolina-circum Caribbean.]. It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. reklawensis

Synonyms
  • Lucina chrysostoma was named by Philippi (1845) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Anodontia alba by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Anodontia alba Link
1845Lucina chrysostoma Philippi
1921Lucina chrysostoma Vaughn
1982Anodontia alba Woodring
2006Anodontia alba von Cosel p. 836
2018Anodontia alba Kiel and Taviana

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusAnodontiaLink 1807
speciesalbaLink 1807

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.

Anodontia alba Link 1807
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Invalid names: Lucina chrysostoma Philippi 1845 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available