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Amphidonte conica

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Chama conica was named by Sowerby (1813). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Laevigyra luynesi by Malchus (1990); it was recombined as Amphidonte conica by Stilwell (1998); it was recombined as Exogyra conica by Dartevelle and Freneix (1957), Sowerby (1962) and Mendir et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1813Chama conica Sowerby p. 69 figs. pl. 23, fig. 3
1957Exogyra conica Dartevelle and Freneix p. 119
1962Exogyra conica Sowerby
1998Amphidonte conica Stilwell p. 52
2021Exogyra conica Mendir et al. p. 7 figs. 4J1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyExogyrinaeVialov 1936
tribeNanogyriniMalchus 1990
genusAmphidonteFischer von Waldheim 1829
speciesconica(Sowerby 1813)

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.

Amphidonte conica Sowerby 1813
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available