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Afrocardium infinum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Laevicardium (Plagiocardium) infinum was named by Gilbert (1936). It is not extant.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. thielei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Laevicardium (Plagiocardium) infinum Gilbert
1936Laevicardium (Plagiocardium) infinum Gilbert
2002Afrocardium infinum Schneider

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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
speciesinfinum(Gilbert 1936)

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 infinum Gilbert 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available