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Cardita platycostata

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Mytilicardia platycostata was named by Johnston (1880) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cardita platycostata by Darragh (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Mytilicardia platycostata Johnston p. 40
1970Cardita platycostata Darragh p. 144

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusCarditaBruguière 1792
speciesplatycostata(Johnston 1880)

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.

Cardita platycostata Johnston 1880
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Diagnosis
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