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Antigona (Antigona) chemnitzii (Chemnitz's Venus)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus chemnitzii was named by Hanley (1844) [DISTRIBUTION: Plio-Pleistocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Antigona chemnitzi by Hashimoto (1982); it was recombined as Antigona (Antigona) chemnitzii by Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Subspecies
Sister species
A. chemnitzii
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Venus chemnitzii Hanley
1982Antigona chemnitzi Hashimoto
2006Antigona (Antigona) chemnitzii Rosenberg et al.

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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
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusAntigonaSchumacher 1817
subgenusAntigonaSchumacher 1817
specieschemnitzii(Hanley 1844)

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.

Antigona (Antigona) chemnitzii Hanley 1844 [Chemnitz's Venus]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available