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Rhabdopitaria astartoides

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Callocardia astartoides was named by Gardner (1923) [IDSTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain/]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pitaria (Rhabdopitaria) astartoides by Palmer (1927) and Price and Palmer (1928); it was recombined as Rhabdopitaria astartoides by Stenzel et al. (1957).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Callocardia astartoides Gardner p. 113
1927Pitaria (Rhabdopitaria) astartoides Palmer pp. 221-212
1928Pitaria (Rhabdopitaria) astartoides Price and Palmer p. 28
1957Rhabdopitaria astartoides Stenzel et al. p. 151

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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)
genusRhabdopitaria(Palmer 1927)
speciesastartoides(Gardner 1923)

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.

†Rhabdopitaria astartoides Gardner 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available