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Parahalobia

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Halobiidae

Taxonomy
Parahalobia was named by Yin and Hsu (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. It is not extant. Its type is Parahalobia posidoniiformis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Halobia by McRoberts (1993); it was reranked as Halobia (Parahalobia) by Campbell (1994) and Fang et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Halobia by Campbell (1994); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Halobiidae by Yin and Hsu (1976) and Fang et al. (2009).

Species
P. posidoniiformis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Parahalobia Yin and Hsu
1976Parahalobia Yin and Hsu
1994Halobia (Parahalobia) Campbell
2002Parahalobia Sepkoski
2009Halobia (Parahalobia) Fang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPosidonioideaFrech 1909
familyHalobiidae
genusParahalobiaYin and Hsu 1938

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. †Parahalobia Yin and Hsu 1938
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Parahalobia posidoniiformis Yin and Hsu 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available