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Actinodesma (Asselbergshia) lamellosa

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Taxonomy
Pterinea lamellosa was named by Goldfuss (1840).

It was recombined as Actinodesma (Asselbergshia) lamellosa by Babin (1966).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Pterinea lamellosa Goldfuss p. 120 fig. 1b
1966Actinodesma (Asselbergshia) lamellosa Babin p. 168

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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(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
familyPterineidae
genusActinodesmaSandberger 1856
subgenusAsselbergshia(Mallieux 1931)
specieslamellosa(Goldfuss 1840)

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 18:35:53
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:10:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available