Scutarcopagia is a genus of bivalves belonging to the subfamily Tellininae of the family Tellinidae.[1]

Scutarcopagia
Shell of Scutarcopagia monika (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Superfamily: Tellinoidea
Family: Tellinidae
Genus: Scutarcopagia
Pilsbry, 1918
Type species
Tellina scobinata Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Arcopagia (Smitharcopagia) Afshar, 1969
  • Cyclotellina (Scutarcopagia) Pilsbry, 1918
  • Smitharcopagia Afshar, 1969
  • Smithsonella Afshar, 1969
  • Tellina (Scutarcopagia) Pilsbry, 1918 (original rank)

Species edit

Synonyms
  • Scutarcopagia lingaefelis [sic]: synonym of Scutarcopagia linguafelis (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Scutarcopagia Pilsbry, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205654 on 2022-05-15
  • Okutani T., ed. (2000) Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press. 1173 pp
  • Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. In: M. Huber, Compendium of bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp

External links edit

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