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Antigona (Ventricola)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Ventricola was named by Römer (1867). It is extant.

It was reranked as Cytherea (Ventricola) by Dall (1902); it was reranked as Venus (Ventricola) by Vredenburg (1928) and Freneix et al. (1988); it was reranked as Antigona (Ventricola) by Anderson (1929).

It was assigned to Cytherea by Dall (1902); to Antigona by Anderson (1929); to Venus by Vredenburg (1928) and Freneix et al. (1988); and to Venerinae by Rosenberg (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Ventricola Römer
1902Cytherea (Ventricola) Dall p. 381
1928Venus (Ventricola) Vredenburg p. 451
1929Antigona (Ventricola) Anderson p. 168
1988Venus (Ventricola) Freneix et al. p. 432
2005Ventricola Rosenberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusAntigonaSchumacher 1817
subgenusVentricola(Römer 1867)

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.

Subg. Antigona (Ventricola) Römer 1867
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available