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Pygocardia rustica

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae

Taxonomy
Venus rustica was named by Sowerby (1818). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cyprina rustica by Wood (1850); it was recombined as Pygocardia rustica by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Venus rustica Sowerby figs. pl. 196
1850Cyprina rustica Wood p. 197
2008Pygocardia rustica Hendy et al.

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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
superfamilyArcticoidea(Newton 1891)
familyArcticidaeNewton 1891
genusPygocardiaFischer 1887
speciesrustica(Sowerby 1818)

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.

Pygocardia rustica Sowerby 1818
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available