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Eurhomalea newtoni

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus newtoni was named by Wilckens (1911) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venus (Ventricoloidea) newtoni by Pugaczewska (1983), Pugaczewska (1984) and Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984); it was recombined as Eurhomalea newtoni by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Venus newtoni Wilckens pp. 16-17 figs. pl. 1, figs. 16, 18
1983Venus (Ventricoloidea) newtoni Pugaczewska figs. pl. 1, figs. 1-7
1984Venus (Ventricoloidea) newtoni Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 104
1984Venus (Ventricoloidea) newtoni Pugaczewska p. 55
1992Eurhomalea newtoni Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 79

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
genusEurhomaleaCossmann 1920
speciesnewtoni(Wilckens 1911)

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.

†Eurhomalea newtoni Wilckens 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available