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Cardites antiquata

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Chama antiquatus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cardita (Cardita) antiquata by Malatesta (1963); it was recombined as Venericardia antiquata by Glibert and van de Poel (1966); it was recombined as Cardites antiquatus by Freneix et al. (1988); it was recombined as Cardites antiquata by El-Sorogy (2002) and Hendy (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Chama antiquatus Linnaeus
1963Cardita (Cardita) antiquata Malatesta p. 337
1966Venericardia antiquata Glibert and van de Poel p. 120
1988Cardites antiquatus Freneix et al. p. 425
2002Cardites antiquata El-Sorogy
2007Cardites antiquata Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyCarditinaeFleming 1820
genusCarditesLink 1807
speciesantiquata(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
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