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Carditamera virginiae

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita (Carditamera) virginiae was named by Maury (1912) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Oligocene or Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is PRI (unknown number), a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Carditamera virginiae by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Cardita (Carditamera) virginiae Maury p. 53 figs. pl. 9, figs. 2, 3
2008Carditamera virginiae Hendy et al.

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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(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusCarditameraConrad 1838
speciesvirginiae()

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.

Carditamera virginiae Maury 1912
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Diagnosis
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