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Americunio

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigonioididae

Taxonomy
Americunio was named by Guo (1986). It is not extant. Its type is Nippononaia asinaria.

It was synonymized subjectively with Yeniella by Fang et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Trigonioididae by Guo (1986); and to Americunioninae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Americunio Guo
2010Americunio Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyTrigonioidoideaCox 1952
familyTrigonioididae
genusAmericunioGuo 1986

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.

G. †Americunio Guo 1986
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Americunio asinaria Reeside 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:34:20
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:34:20
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available