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Strophocardia megastropha

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia megastropha was named by Gray (1825) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Baja California-Ecuador, Galapagos]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cardita megastropha by Hertlein and Strong (1946) and Durham (1950); it was recombined as Cardita (Strophocardia) megastropha by Olsson (1961), Keen (1971) and Moore (1992); it was recombined as Strophocardia megastropha by Powell (2008) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. terryi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Venericardia megastropha Gray p. 137
1946Cardita megastropha Hertlein and Strong p. 106
1950Cardita megastropha Durham pp. 71-72
1961Cardita (Strophocardia) megastropha Olsson p. 187
1971Cardita (Strophocardia) megastropha Keen p. 109
1992Cardita (Strophocardia) megastropha Moore p. 12
2008Strophocardia megastropha Powell p. 11
2012Strophocardia megastropha Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 383

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyCarditinaeFleming 1820
genusStrophocardia(Olsson 1961)
speciesmegastropha(Gray 1825)

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
No diagnoses are available