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Venericardia (Venericor) nipponica

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia nipponica was named by Yokoyama (1911) [DISTRIBUTION: Upper Eocene; Japan.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) nipponica by Hatai and Nisiyama (1952).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Venericardia nipponica Yokoyama p. 8 figs. pl. 3, figs. 5a-b
1928Venericardia nipponica Nagao p. 55
1952Venericardia (Venericor) nipponica Hatai and Nisiyama

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardiaLamarck 1801
subgenusVenericor
speciesnipponica()

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.

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Diagnosis
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