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Afrocardium infantule

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium (Trachycardium) infantule was named by Nomura and Zinbo (1934). It is extant. Its type locality is Kikai Island, Kamikatetsu, reef molluscs, which is in a Pleistocene reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Japan.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Cardium (Trachycardium) infantule Nomura and Zinbo
2002Afrocardium infantule Schneider p. 327

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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
speciesinfantule(Nomura and Zinbo 1934)

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 infantule Nomura and Zinbo 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available