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Varicorbula elevata

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

Taxonomy
Corbula elevata was named by Conrad (1838).

It was recombined as Varicorbula elevata by Ward (1992) and Ward (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. cretaustrina, V. wemmelensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Corbula elevata Conrad p. 7 figs. Plate IV, Fig. 3
1904Corbula elevata Glenn p. 280
1992Varicorbula elevata Ward p. 112
1998Varicorbula elevata Ward p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyMyoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCorbulidaeLamarck 1818
genusVaricorbulaBruguière 1789
specieselevata(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.

†Varicorbula elevata Conrad 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available