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Unicardiopsis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Unicardiopsidae

Taxonomy
Unicardiopsis is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Unicardiopsidae.

It was assigned to Unicardiopsidae by Cox et al. (1969); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Unicardiopsis Cox et al. p. N634
2002Unicardiopsis Sepkoski

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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)
familyUnicardiopsidaeVokes 1967
genusUnicardiopsis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:31:57
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:31:57
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926
Collections
No collection or age range data are available