NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Mordellini
  Subfamily - Mordellinae
  Family - Mordellidae
  Superfamily - Tenebrionoidea
  Infraorder - Cucujiformia
  Suborder - Polyphaga
  Order - Coleoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mordella marginata
      Species - Mordella albosuturalis
      Species - Mordella angulata
      Species - Mordella atrata
      Species - Mordella brevistylis
      Species - Mordella capillosa
      Species - Mordella cinereoatra
      Species - Mordella deserta
      Species - Mordella fuscocinerea
      Species - Mordella grandis
      Species - Mordella hubbsi
      Species - Mordella immaculata
      Species - Mordella insulata
      Species - Mordella invisitata
      Species - Mordella knulli
      Species - Mordella latemaculata
      Species - Mordella lunulata
      Species - Mordella melaena
      Species - Mordella obliqua
      Species - Mordella pretiosa
      Species - Mordella quadripunctata
      Species - Mordella schwarzi
      Species - Mordella signata
      Species - Mordella novemnotata