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Sunetta Link, 1807 
AphiaID: 205567

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Genus
Parent Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
Synonymised
taxa		  Cuneus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 (synonym)
 Cyclosunetta Fischer-Piette, 1939
 Meroe Schumacher, 1817
 Meroë Schumacher, 1817 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record (from synonym): Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subgenus Sunetta (Sunemeroe) Iredale, 1930
  » Species Sunetta (Sunemeroe) kirai Huber, 2010 represented as Sunetta kirai Huber, 2010 (alternate representation)
Subgenus Sunetta (Sunetta) Link, 1807
Subgenus Sunetta (Sunettina) Pfeiffer, 1869
Species Sunetta adelinae Angas, 1868
Species Sunetta bruggeni Fischer-Piette, 1974
Species Sunetta concinna Dunker, 1865
Species Sunetta cumingii E. A. Smith, 1891
Species Sunetta donacina (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Sunetta effossa (Hanley, 1843)
Species Sunetta kirai Huber, 2010
Species Sunetta langfordi (Habe, 1953)
Species Sunetta menstrualis (Menke, 1843)
Species Sunetta meroë (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Sunetta scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Sunetta solanderii (Gray, 1825)
Species Sunetta subquadrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
Species Sunetta sunettina (Jousseaume, 1891)
Species Sunetta vaginalis (Menke, 1843)

Species Sunetta aliciae A. Adams & Angas, 1864 accepted as Sunetta vaginalis (Menke, 1843)
Species Sunetta americana Doello-Jurado in Carcelles, 1951 accepted as Transenpitar americana (Doello-Jurado in Carcelles, 1951)
Species Sunetta aurora Jousseaume, 1872 accepted as Sunetta donacina (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Sunetta clessini Ancey, 1880 accepted as Sunetta solanderii (Gray, 1825)
Species Sunetta coerulescens Link, 1807 accepted as Sunetta scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Sunetta contempta E. A. Smith, 1891 accepted as Sunetta sunettina (Jousseaume, 1891)
Species Sunetta cumingii Cuming, 1865 accepted as Sunetta cumingii E. A. Smith, 1891
Species Sunetta kurachensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1895 accepted as Sunetta donacina (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Sunetta oblitterata Link, 1807 accepted as Sunetta scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Sunetta perexcavata Fulton, 1930 accepted as Sunetta subquadrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
Species Sunetta truncata (Deshayes, 1853) accepted as Sunetta concinna Dunker, 1865
Species Sunetta tumidissima Tomlin, 1922 accepted as Sunetta solanderii (Gray, 1825)
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205567
Taxonomic
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2002-08-06 16:41:02Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Sunetta Link, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205567 on 2013-06-19
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