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Protocardia rhaetica

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium rhaeticum was named by Merian (1853).

It was recombined as Protocardia rhaetica by Hudson and Jefferies (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardium nicolletti, P. africana, P. anglica, P. anglica, P. barneyi, P. beiha, P. bella, P. besairiei, P. bipi, P. concinna, P. consobrina, P. contusa, P. coquandi, P. delicatula, P. dufrenoyi, P. dyenisea, P. dyonisea, P. eparcyensis, P. filosa, P. gigantea, P. grandidieri, P. hepingxiangensis, P. hillama, P. hillanum, P. ibukii, P. impressa, P. jacksonense, P. judaica, P. lycetti, P. meridionalis, P. moabitica, P. morinica, P. morrisea, P. moshuiwanensis, P. moutai, P. multistriata, P. olea, P. oxynoti, P. parahillana, P. peralraensis, P. peraltaensis, P. peregrina, P. pertenuis, P. pervinquierei, P. phillipiana, P. phillipsi, P. querangeri, P. rahmuensis, P. rara, P. regulare, P. schencki, P. schenki, P. schucherti, P. semidecussata, P. semipunctata, P. shehuensis, P. silicea, P. sislimanensis, P. sphaeroidalis, P. sphaeroidea, P. spillmani, P. striata, P. strickland, P. striuatula, P. subhillanum, P. subrhaetica, P. substricklandi, P. subtruncata, P. suprajurensis, P. tenuicostata, P. texana, P. tikechkachensis, P. timberensis, P. torta, P. tosensis, P. milana, P. guadalupense, P. marcosensis, P. sphaeroidea, P. spillmani, P. africana, P. amanoi, P. buckmani, P. coquandi, P. dyonisea, P. goradongarensis, P. goradongarensis, P. grandidieri, P. hepingxiangensis, P. hiraigensis, P. ibukii, P. inaii, P. kachchhensis, P. keerae, P. kurumensis, P. lodraniensis, P. lycetti, P. lycetti, P. morii, P. onoi, P. patchamensis, P. peraltaensis, P. peregrina, P. phillipiana, P. prisca, P. sastry, P. subtruncata, P. tosensis, P. bannesianum
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2012-11-13

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Cardium rhaeticum Merian p. 19 figs. Pl 4, figs 40,41
1913Protocardia proteus Krumbeck p. 69 figs. Pl 5, figs 2-10
1961Protocardia rhaetica Hudson and Jefferies p. 35 figs. Pl 2, figs 12,16,21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyProtocardiinaeReuss 1846
genusProtocardia(Beyrich 1845)
speciesrhaetica(Merian 1853)

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.

Protocardia rhaetica Merian 1853
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Invalid names: Protocardia proteus Krumbeck 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available