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Cyclocardia borealis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita borealis was named by Conrad (1831). It is extant. It is the type species of Cyclocardia.

It was recombined as Venericardia borealis by Procter (1933); it was recombined as Cyclocardia borealis by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Pérez and Giachetti (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Cardita borealis Conrad p. 39 figs. pl. 8, fig, 1
1895Cardita borealis Krause p. 30
1933Venericardia borealis Procter
2012Cyclocardia borealis Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 381
2020Cyclocardia borealis Pérez and Giachetti p. 13

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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
genusCyclocardiaConrad 1867
speciesborealis(Conrad 1831)

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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