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Gouldia (Paragouldia) platycostata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Gouldia (Paragouldia) platycostata was named by Miller (1985). Its type specimen is ANBSP 62892, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Section SG1, Smith Gut - unit A [Smith Gut Mbr, Flanner Beach Fm], which is in a Pleistocene coastal sandstone in the Flanner Beach Formation of North Carolina. It is the type species of Paragouldia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Gouldia (Paragouldia) platycostata Miller III p. 123 figs. fig. 2

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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
subfamilyGouldiinae(Stewart 1930)
genusGouldiaAdams 1847
subgenusParagouldia()
speciesplatycostata

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.

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Diagnosis
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