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Antigona lamellacea

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Antigona (Artena) lamellacea was named by Kellum (1926) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; North Carolina.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 10655 (John Gilette Farm), Silverdale, Trent marl, Onslow Co., NC, which is in a Miocene marine marl/sandstone in the Trent Formation of North Carolina.

It was recombined as Antigona lamellacea by Richards (1943).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. proserpinae, A. shepardi, A. sanctaenoctis, A. thalestris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Antigona (Artena) lamellacea Kellum p. 38 figs. pl. 9, figs. 13-14
1943Antigona lamellacea Richards p. 521

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusAntigonaSchumacher 1817
specieslamellacea()

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.

†Antigona lamellacea Kellum 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available