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Palaeoconcha

Bivalvia - Afghanodesmatida - Similodontidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoconcha was named by Miller (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-u S Ldov-u].

It was assigned to Praenuculidae by Cox et al. (1969), Harrison and Harrison (1975), Hayami and Kase (1977), Vokes (1980); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Palaeoconchidae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Similodontidae by Carter et al. (2011).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Palaeoconcha Miller p. 498
1969Palaeoconcha Cox et al. p. N229
1975Palaeoconcha Harrison and Harrison p. 210
1977Palaeoconcha Hayami and Kase
1980Palaeoconcha Vokes p. 1
2002Palaeoconcha Sepkoski
2010Palaeoconcha Bouchet et al.
2011Palaeoconcha Carter et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderAfghanodesmatida
superfamilyTironuculoideaBabin 1982
familySimilodontidae
genusPalaeoconchaMiller 1889

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.

G. †Palaeoconcha Miller 1889
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Palaeoconcha faberi Miller 1889
Palaeoconcha ohioensis Bassler 1915
Palaeoconcha samenoha Kobayashi 1934
Palaeoconcha subsymmetrica Kobayashi 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available