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Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia rotunda was named by Lea (1833) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6929]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cardita rotunda by Conrad (1834) and Heilprin (1879); it was recombined as Venericardia (Venericardia) rotunda by Palmer and Brann (1965); it was recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Venericardia rotunda Lea p. 70 figs. pl. 2, fig. 48
1834Cardita rotunda Conrad p. 7
1879Cardita rotunda Heilprin p. 220
1919Venericardia rotunda Harris p. 78
1965Venericardia (Venericardia) rotunda Palmer and Brann p. 341
1982Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Woodring p. 627
2002Venericardia rotunda Kosnik

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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
subgenusRotundicardia
speciesrotunda(Lea 1833)

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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