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Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina eburnea was named by Conrad (1848) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 53836, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Mysia eburnea by Conrad (1865); it was recombined as Diplodonta eburnea by Dall (1900); it was recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea by Dockery (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. catopotium, D. elatia, D. leptodoma, D. sphaeromorpha

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Lucina eburnea Conrad pp. 293-294
1854Diplidonta eburnea Conrad p. 287
1865Mysia eburnea Conrad p. 9
1900Diplodonta eburnea Dall p. 1182
1982Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea Dockery p. 60

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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
superfamilyUngulinoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyUngulinidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusDiplodontaBronn 1831
subgenusDiplodontaBronn 1831
specieseburnea(Conrad 1848)

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