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Cardiocardita ajar

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita ajar was named by Bruguiére (1792) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Cardiocardita.

It was recombined as Cardiocardita ajar by Frassinetti and Covacevich (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. oostinghi, Venericardia monilifera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Cardita ajar Bruguiére
1995Cardiocardita ajar Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusCardiocarditaAnton 1839
speciesajar(Bruguiére 1792)

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.

Cardiocardita ajar Bruguiére 1792
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available