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Glyptoactis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy

Venericardia (Glyptoactis) was named by Stewart (1930). Its type is Venericardia hadra.

It was reranked as Glyptoactis by Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Squires (1988), Beu et al. (1990), Ward (1992), Moore (1992), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Venericardia by Stewart (1930), Gardner and Bowles (1939), Vokes (1939), Clark and Durham (1946), Verástegui (1953), Woodring (1982); to Carditidae by Squires (1988), Squires and Demetrion (1992); to Carditesinae by Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Moore (1992); to Venericardiinae by Beu et al. (1990), Ward (1992); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa

G. (Claibornicardia), G. (Fasciculicardia), G. (Glyptoactis), G. alticostata, G. paraguanensis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) aversa, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) carmenensis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) charanalensis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) hadra, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) metaicha, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mutabilis, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) serricosta, Venericardia (Glyptoactis) stenygra

Species lacking formal opinion data

G. chavani, G. corpulenta, G. philippinensis

Sister taxa

G. (Claibornicardia), G. (Fasciculicardia), G. (Glyptoactis)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1930	Venericardia (Glyptoactis) Stewart pp. 151 - 152
1939	Venericardia (Glyptoactis) Gardner and Bowles p. 195
1939	Venericardia (Glyptoactis) Vokes p. 65
1946	Venericardia (Glyptoactis) Clark and Durham p. 57
1953	Venericardia (Glyptoactis) Verástegui p. 434
1982	Venericardia (Glyptoactis) Woodring p. 628
1984	Glyptoactis Squires p. 45
1987	Glyptoactis Squires p. 63
1988	Glyptoactis Squires p. 19
1990	Glyptoactis Beu et al. p. 397
1992	Glyptoactis Moore p. 26
1992	Glyptoactis Squires and Demetrion p. 40
1992	Glyptoactis Ward p. 82
2002	Glyptoactis Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Crassatelloidea	(Férussac 1822)
family	Carditidae	Fleming 1820
subfamily	Venericardiinae	Chavan 1969
genus	Glyptoactis	()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Glyptoactis Stewart 1930

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Subg. †Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) Stenzel and Krause 1957

†Claibornicardia carinata Sowerby 1819

†Claibornicardia pharaonum Oppenheim 1903

†Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) domenginica Vokes 1939

†Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) keenae Verástegui 1953

Invalid names: Venericardia (Pacificor) argentea Verástegui 1953 [synonym]

†Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) marksi Verástegui 1953

†Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) sandiegoensis Hanna 1927

Invalid names: Venericardia (Glyptoactis) mcmastersi Verástegui 1953 [synonym]

†Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata Conrad 1833