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Plethocardia

Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Plethocardiidae

Taxonomy
Plethocardia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Plethocardiidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Plethocardia Sepkoski
2010Plethocardia Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderMegalodontidaStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyMecynodontoideaHaffer 1959
familyPlethocardiidaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genusPlethocardia

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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Plethocardia suberecta Ulrich 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available