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Tancredia americana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae

Taxonomy
Hettangia americana was named by Meek and Hayden (1857) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Tancredia americana by Russell and Landes (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Hettangia americana Meek and Hayden p. 274
1937Tancredia americana Russell and Landes p. 153

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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
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTancrediidaeMeek 1864
genusTancrediaLycett 1850
speciesamericana(Meek and Hayden 1857)

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.

Tancredia americana Meek and Hayden 1857
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Tancredia americana cupressensis Russell and Landes 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available