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Claibornicardia carinata

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia carinata was named by Sowerby (1819) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cardita carinata by Kemp (1976); it was recombined as Claibornicardia carinata by Le Renard (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Venericardia carinata Sowerby
1976Cardita carinata Kemp
1985Venericardia carinata Glibert
1994Claibornicardia carinata Le Renard

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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
genusClaibornicardia()
speciescarinata(Sowerby 1819)

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.

Claibornicardia carinata Sowerby 1819
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Diagnosis
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