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Venericardia hornii aragonia

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia hornii aragonia was named by Arnold and Hannibal (1914) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; California.]. Its type specimen is LSJU 619 (neotype), a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Leuroactis) aragonia by Stewart (1930), Verástegui (1953); it was recombined as Venericardia aragonia by Turner (1938); it was recombined as Megacardita (Venericor) aragonia by Vokes (1939); it was recombined as Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia by Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Moore (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita albasiensis, Cardita partschi, Cardita squamosissima, Cardita subminuta, V. acuticosta, V. aegyptiaca, V. agriculturae, V. ajar, V. amazoniana, V. ampla, V. angolae, V. aposmithi, V. awamoaensis, V. awamoensis, V. basteroti, V. bericorum, V. bilineata, V. bisculpta, V. bonneti, V. brittoni, V. castori, V. christei, V. ciplyensis, V. claiboplata, V. collazica, V. compacta, V. corpusculum, V. crebricostata, V. crebrisulcata, V. densecostata, V. deserti, V. domgeri, V. domingensis, V. dua, V. duponti, V. elegantula, V. eutawcolens, V. forgemoli, V. gippslandica, V. gliberti, V. globosa, V. granulicostata, V. heinzelini, V. heroyi, V. hollandi, V. horni, V. hortensis, V. houzeaui, V. iheringi, V. iheringi, V. imbricatoides, V. intermedia, V. islahispaniolae, V. janjukensis, V. janjukiensis, V. junctinova, V. lamyi, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. libyca, V. lineolata, V. linoi, V. mandarica, V. maris, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. nanaplata, V. oblonga, V. ocalaedes, V. okinoshimensis, V. oligopleura, V. olssoni, V. perantiqua, V. perezi, V. perplana, V. perumbonata, V. phyletica, V. planicostata, V. prolongata, V. pseudowilmotti, V. quadriangulata, V. quassi, V. quirosana, V. quirosana, V. rabelli, V. roedeli, V. roncana, V. ronchetti, V. rutoti, V. santonensis, V. scabriocstata, V. serricosta, V. serrulata, V. smillina, V. solitaria, V. sowerbyi, V. spinulosa, V. squamulosa, V. straeleni, V. subcompacta, V. subcomplanata, V. subelegans, V. suboompacta, V. subquadrata, V. subrotunda, V. suessi, V. teneidensis, V. texalana, V. tjuschevkensis, V. trapezoidalis, V. turneri, V. uvaldana, V. valmondoisiensis, V. vasta, V. vaughani, V. vigintinaria, V. vredenburgi, V. wegeneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. zuliana, V. zuliana, V. teneidensis, V. wegeneri, V. monilifera, V. rufa, V. sillimani, V. nortensis, V. vestitoides, V. dufrenoyi, V. sindensis, V. viquesneli, V. hesperide, V. ferruginosa, V. ferruginosa, V. clarki, V. aposcitula, V. conradiana, V. leonensis, V. perplana, V. tridentata, V. perplana, V. leonensis, V. eutawcolens, V. latissima, V. petraea, V. petraea, V. petraea, V. rotunda, V. rotunda, V. aposmithi, V. augustoscrobis, V. elongata, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. hijuana, V. klimacodes, V. sabinensis, V. smithi, V. turneri
Entered
by J. Marcot on 2020-01-08

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Venericardia hornii aragonia Arnold and Hannibal p. 907
1930Venericardia (Leuroactis) aragonia Stewart p. 170
1938Venericardia aragonia Turner p. 48
1939Megacardita (Venericor) aragonia Vokes p. 67
1939Megacardita (Venericor) aragonia smileyi Vokes pp. 67-68 figs. pl. 6, figs. 1-3
1953Venericardia (Leuroactis) smileyi Verástegui p. 449 figs. Plate 10, figures 4, 5
1953Venericardia (Leuroactis) aragonia Verástegui pp. 450 - 451 figs. Plate 9, figures 1 - 6
1984Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia Squires p. 45
1987Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia Squires p. 63
1992Venericardia (Pacificor) aragonia Moore p. E20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
Heterodonta(Neumayr 1884)
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardiaLamarck 1801
specieshornii()
subspeciesaragoniaArnold and Hannibal 1914

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.

Venericardia hornii aragonia Arnold and Hannibal 1914
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Diagnosis
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