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Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae

Taxonomy
Acanthotrigonia was named by van Hoepen (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: K Coni-l K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 891]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pterotrigonia by Cox (1952); it was reranked as Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia) by Tashiro and Kozai (1982).

It was assigned to Pterotrigonia by Tashiro and Kozai (1982); and to Trigonioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Acanthotrigonia van Hoepen
1982Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia) Tashiro and Kozai p. 80
2002Acanthotrigonia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyMyophorelloidea(Kobayashi 1954)
Megatrigonioidaevan Hoepen 1929
Megatrigoniitaevan Hoepen 1929
familyMegatrigoniidaevan Hoepen 1929
subfamilyPterotrigoniinaevan Hoepen 1929
genusPterotrigoniavan Hoepen 1929
subgenusAcanthotrigonia(van Hoepen 1929)

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.

Subg. †Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia) van Hoepen 1929
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Acanthotrigonia shepstonei Griesbach 1871
Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia) higoensis Tamura and Tashiro 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available