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Sowerbyidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sowerbyidae

Taxonomy
Sowerbyidae was named by Cox (1929) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5199].

It was assigned to Tellinacea by Vokes (1980); to Donacoidea by Nevesskaja (2009); and to Tellinoidea by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011), Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Sowerbyidae Cox
1980Sowerbyidae Vokes p. 153
2009Sowerbyidae Nevesskaja
2010Sowerbyidae Bouchet et al.
2011Sowerbyidae Carter et al. p. 16
2014Sowerbyidae Ros-Franch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familySowerbyidaeCox 1929
familySowerbyidaeCox 1929

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.

Fm. †Sowerbyidae Cox 1929
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G. †Sowerbya d'Orbigny 1850
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Sowerbya singhi Kanjilal 1980
Invalid names: Isodonta Buvignier 1851 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available