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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorIsognomon ephippium (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 208462

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBivalvia (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPteriomorphia (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPterioida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPterioidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPteriidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorIsognomon (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorIsognomon Lightfoot, 1786
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorIsogonum scapula Röding, 1798
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMelina ephippium (Linnaeus, 1758)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMelina periculosa Iredale, 1939
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOstrea ephippium Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerna argillacea Gould, 1850
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerna cumingii Reeve, 1858
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerna imbricata Reeve, 1858
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerna lamarckiana Clessin, 1890
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerna reeveana Clessin, 1890
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPerna spathulata Reeve, 1858
Sources 
status source Tëmkin I. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of pearl oysters and their relatives (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pterioidea). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 342., available online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2148-10-342.pdf [details]

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Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDelivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (9 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
Images Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show unreviewed]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208462
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2002-07-24 17:19:06Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-09-23 11:55:17Z  checked  Huber, Markus
  
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  Citation: Huber, M. (2014). Isognomon ephippium. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208462 on 2014-04-18
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