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Cyclocardia (Plionema)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Plionema was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Cyclocardia (Plionema) by Cox et al. (1969).

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita ezoensis, Cardita nuwokensis, Cardita steinekei, Cardita subcrassidens, Cardita subnipponica, Cyclocardia amaninensis, Cyclocardia antiqua, Cyclocardia astartoides, Cyclocardia awamoensis, Cyclocardia belogolovensis, Cyclocardia beringiana, Cyclocardia compressum, Cyclocardia denudata, Cyclocardia depressa, Cyclocardia elliptica, Cyclocardia eoensis, Cyclocardia erimoensis, Cyclocardia expansa, Cyclocardia ezoensis, Cyclocardia ferrugianea, Cyclocardia ferruginea, Cyclocardia fujinaensis, Cyclocardia gackhensis, Cyclocardia gamali, Cyclocardia grossecostata, Cyclocardia grossecostata, Cyclocardia grossecostata, Cyclocardia hamiltonensis, Cyclocardia hindmarshensis, Cyclocardia ilpinensis, Cyclocardia isaotakii, Cyclocardia kickxi, Cyclocardia kickxi, Cyclocardia kieli, Cyclocardia kovatschensis, Cyclocardia laxata, Cyclocardia longini, Cyclocardia lutosa, Cyclocardia magica, Cyclocardia myogadaniensis, Cyclocardia nairoensis, Cyclocardia ochotica, Cyclocardia omaliana, Cyclocardia orbica, Cyclocardia orbicularis, Cyclocardia orbicularis, Cyclocardia orientalis, Cyclocardia ottonis, Cyclocardia ovata, Cyclocardia ovraensis, Cyclocardia penzhensis, Cyclocardia peridonea, Cyclocardia pilvoensis, Cyclocardia pliocenica, Cyclocardia pornaiensis, Cyclocardia poronaiensis, Cyclocardia posneri, Cyclocardia praeruptensis, Cyclocardia rafensis, Cyclocardia rjabininae, Cyclocardia roundiformis, Cyclocardia sakamotoi, Cyclocardia scalaris, Cyclocardia scalaris, Cyclocardia siogamensis, Cyclocardia subcompacta, Cyclocardia subnipponica, Cyclocardia takedai, Cyclocardia tokudai, Cyclocardia tuberculata, Cyclocardia tumiensis, Cyclocardia veniaminovi, Cyclocardia wajampolkensis, Cyclocardia yakatagensis, Venericardia nortensis, Venericardia vestitoides, Venericaridia chirstiei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Cyclocardia (Plionema) Cox et al. p. N551
2002Plionema Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusCyclocardiaConrad 1867
subgenusPlionema

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: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-05 09:36:22
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:22:15
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001
Collections
No collection or age range data are available