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Megambonia cardiiformis

Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae

Taxonomy
Pterinea cardiiformis was named by Hall (1843) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Devonian; New York.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Megambonia cardiiformis by Hall (1859) and Cox et al. (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Pterinea cardiiformis Hall
1859Megambonia cardiiformis Hall p. 12
1969Megambonia cardiiformis Cox et al. p. N397

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderModiomorphida(Newell 1969)
superfamilyModiomorphoidea(Miller 1877)
familyModiomorphidae
genusMegamboniaHall 1859
speciescardiiformis(Hall 1843)

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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