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Megapitaria squalida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) 
AphiaID: 714777

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Megapitaria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Megapitaria Grant & Gale, 1931
Synonymised
taxa
  Callista squalida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
Cytherea biradiata G. B. Sowerby I, 1839
Cytherea chionaea Menke, 1847
Cytherea squalida G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 (original combination)
Macrocallista orcutti Dall, 1918 †
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]

Link To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
Image 
Megapitaria squalida
Megapitaria squalida
added on 2013-03-12 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:714777
Taxonomic
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2013-01-06 16:11:04Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Megapitaria squalida (G.B. Sowerby I, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714777 on 2013-05-21
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