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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) phlyctaena

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium (Cerastoderma) phlyctaena was named by Dall (1900). Its type specimen is USNM 157570, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Trachycardium (Dallocardia) phlyctaena by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Cardium (Cerastoderma) phlyctaena Dall p. 1097
1940Cardium (Cerastoderma) phlyctaena Mansfield p. 195
1982Trachycardium (Dallocardia) phlyctaena Woodring p. 637

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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
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyTrachycardiinaeStewart 1930
genusTrachycardium()
subgenusDallocardia
speciesphlyctaena(Dall 1900)

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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