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Afrocardium richardi

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium richardi was named by Audoin (1827).

It was recombined as Afrocardium richardi by Schneider (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Cardium richardi Audoin
1869Cardium arabicus Issel
2002Afrocardium richardi Schneider p. 323

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyOrthocardiinae
genusAfrocardiumTomlin 1931
speciesrichardi(Audoin 1827)

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.

Afrocardium richardi Audoin 1827
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Invalid names: Cardium arabicus Issel 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available