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Pratulum hemimeris

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium hemimeris was named by Tate (1887) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pratulum hemimeris by Darragh (1970) and Darragh and Kendrick (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Nemocardium marwicki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Cardium hemimeris Tate p. 153 figs. pl. 14, figs. 2a-c
1970Pratulum hemimeris Darragh p. 138
2008Pratulum hemimeris Darragh and Kendrick p. 227 fig. 1.15

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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
subfamilyFraginaeStewart 1930
genusPratulumMeek 1876
specieshemimeris()

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.

†Pratulum hemimeris Tate 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available