Overview
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A Subfamily in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Subfamily Pteropsellinae is a member of the Family Mactridae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Pteropsellinae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Class: Bivalvia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Bivalves
- Subclass: Metabranchia
- Superorder: Eulamellibranchia
- Order: Veneroida
H. & A. Adams, 1856
- Superfamily: Mactroidea
- Family: Mactridae
Lamarck, 1809 - Surf Clams
- Subfamily: Pteropsellinae
- Family: Mactridae
Lamarck, 1809 - Surf Clams
- Superfamily: Mactroidea
- Order: Veneroida
H. & A. Adams, 1856
- Superorder: Eulamellibranchia
- Subclass: Metabranchia
- Class: Bivalvia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Bivalves
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Pteropsellinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (2): Anatina · Raeta
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Pteropsellinae.
Genera
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Anatina
Raeta
At least 9 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Raeta.
More info about the Genus Raeta may be found here.
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