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Afrocardium skeeti

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium skeeti was named by Hedley (1906).

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Cardium skeeti Hedley
2002Afrocardium skeeti 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
speciesskeeti(Hedley 1906)

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 skeeti Hedley 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available