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Venericardia (Leuroactis) crescentensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia crescentensis was named by Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UW 358, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Crescent Formation of Washington.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Leuroactis) crescentensis by Verástegui (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Venericardia crescentensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer p. 19 figs. pl. 10, fig. 9
1925Venericardia crescentensis Hanna p. 289 figs. Plate 36, figure 5
1953Venericardia (Leuroactis) crescentensis Verástegui p. 445 figs. Plate 6, figures 1 - 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardiaLamarck 1801
subgenusLeuroactis
speciescrescentensis()

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 (Leuroactis) crescentensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
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Diagnosis
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