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Callocardia (Nitidavenus) tranquilla

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cytherea tranquilla was named by Deshayes (1857) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Callocardia (Nitidavenus) tranquilla by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. bilboraensis, C. recondita, C. albofonte, C. hartti, C. nux, C. prosayana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Cytherea tranquilla Deshayes pp. 450-451 figs. pl. 29, figs. 20-23
1995Callocardia (Nitidavenus) tranquilla Le Renard and Pacaud p. 72

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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)
genusCallocardiaAdams 1864
subgenusNitidavenusVokes 1939
speciestranquilla()

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
No diagnoses are available