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Pitar (Calpitaria) tornadonis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Meretrix texacola tornadonis was named by Harris (1919) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Texas.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Callocardia (Agriopoma) tornadonis by Gardner (1945); it was recombined as Pitar (Calpitaria) tornadonis by Stenzel et al. (1957).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Meretrix texacola tornadonis Harris p. 142 figs. pl. 45, figs. 2-3
1945Callocardia (Agriopoma) tornadonis Gardner pp. 117-118
1957Pitar (Calpitaria) tornadonis Stenzel et al. p. 148

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCallocardiinae(Dall 1895)
genusPitarRömer 1857
subgenusCalpitariaJukes-Browne 1908
speciestornadonis(Harris 1919)

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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