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Shikamaia

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Alatoconchidae

Taxonomy
Shikamaia was named by Ozaki (1968) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-m P Guad-l]. Its type is Shikamaia akasakaensis.

It was assigned to Alatoconchidae by Carter (1990); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Alatoconchinae by Yancey and Ozaki (1986), Asato et al. (2017) and Chen et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Shikamaia Ozaki p. 28
1975Tanchintongia Runnegar and Gobbett p. 315
1983Shikamaia (Tanchintongia) Yancey and Boyd p. 507
1986Shikamaia Yancey and Ozaki p. 121
1990Shikamaia Carter
2002Shikamaia Sepkoski
2017Shikamaia Asato et al. p. 366
2018Shikamaia Chen et al. p. 150

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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
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAlatoconchoideaTermier et al. 1974
familyAlatoconchidae
subfamilyAlatoconchinae
genusShikamaia

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. †Shikamaia Ozaki 1968
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Subg. †Shikamaia (Alatoconcha) Termier et al. 1973
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Shikamaia (Alatoconcha) vampyra Termier et al. 1973
Subg. †Shikamaia (Shikamaia) Ozaki 1968
Shikamaia akasakaensis Ozaki 1968
Shikamaia ozakii Asato and Kase 2017
Shikamaia perakensis Runnegar and Gobbett 1975
Invalid names: Tanchintongia Runnegar and Gobbett 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available