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Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Artemis elegans was named by Conrad (1838) [DISTRIBUTION: North Carolina-Texas.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Dosinia elegans by Conrad (1863) and Böse (1906); it was recombined as Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans by Dall (1903), Palmer (1926) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Artemis elegans Conrad p. 30
1843Artemis elegans Conrad
1863Dosinia elegans Conrad p. 575
1903Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Dall p. 1231
1906Dosinia elegans Böse p. 80
1926Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Palmer p. 62
2008Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans 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
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyDosiniini(Deshayes 1858)
genusDosiniaScopoli 1777
subgenusDosinidia
specieselegans(Conrad 1838)

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