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Arctica mediale

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae

Taxonomy
Cardium mediale was named by Conrad (1857).

It was recombined as Isocardia medialis by Shattuck (1903); it was recombined as Arctica mediale by Adkins (1928).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. inornata, A. obesa, A. rostrata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Cardium mediale Conrad p. 149 figs. PI. IV, fig. 4, a, b
1903Isocardia medialis Shattuck p. 27 figs. PI. XIV, figs. 4, 5; PI. XV, figs. 1, 2
1928Arctica mediale Adkins

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyArcticoidea(Newton 1891)
familyArcticidaeNewton 1891
genusArcticaSchumacher 1817
speciesmediale(Conrad 1857)

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.

†Arctica mediale Conrad 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available