Platyodon

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Myoida
Familia: Myidae
Subfamilia: Myinae
Genus: Platyodon
Species: P. cancellatus
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Name

Platyodon Conrad, 1837

Type species: Mya (Platydon) cancellata Conrad, 1837, by Monotypy

Synonyms

• Cryptodonta Carpenter, 1864
• Austroplatydon Olsson, 1961

References

• Conrad, T.A. 1837. Descriptions of new marine shells from Upper California, collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Journal 7 (2): 227–268, pls. 17-20.
• Coan, E.V., Scott, P.V., & Bernard, F.R. 2000. Bivalve seashells of western North America: Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 2 : viii +764 pp.