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Patrocardia

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae

Taxonomy
Patrocardia was named by Fischer (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl S Prid Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Spanila by Cox et al. (1969).

It was assigned to Bivalvia by Heritsch (1929); to Lunulacardiidae by Vokes (1980); and to Praecardioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Patrocardia Fischer
1929Patrocardium Heritsch
1980Patrocardia Vokes
2002Patrocardia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAmbonychioidea(Miller 1877)
familyLunulacardiidaeFischer 1887
genusPatrocardiaFischer 1887

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. †Patrocardia Fischer 1887
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Patrocardia cuspidata Barrande 1881
Patrocardia evolvens Barrande 1881
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available