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Megapitaria aurantiaca (G. B. Sowerby I, 1831) 
AphiaID: 714775

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Megapitaria (Genus)
Status accepted
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Rank Species
Parent Megapitaria Grant & Gale, 1931
Synonymised
taxa		  Callista aurantiaca (G. B. Sowerby I, 1831)
 Cytherea aurantiaca G. B. Sowerby I, 1831 (original combination)
Sources  redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

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]

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Megapitaria aurantiaca
Megapitaria aurantiaca
added on 2013-03-12 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:714775
Taxonomic
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2013-01-06 16:11:04Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Megapitaria aurantiaca (G.B. Sowerby I, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714775 on 2013-05-23
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