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Acanthocardia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Acanthocardia was named by Gray (1851) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cardium (Acanthocardia) by Melvill (1907) and Oostingh (1935); it was reranked as Cardium (Anthocardia) by Richards (1953).

It was assigned to Cardium by Melvill (1907), Oostingh (1935) and Richards (1953); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Cardiinae by Vokes (1980), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Freneix et al. (1988) and Moore (2003); to Cardiidae by Squires and Demetrion (1992) and Vera-Peláez et al. (2004); and to Acanthocardiini by Schneider (2002) and Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Acanthocardia Gray
1907Cardium (Acanthocardia) Melvill
1935Cardium (Acanthocardia) Oostingh p. 177
1953Cardium (Anthocardia) Richards p. 53
1980Acanthocardia Vokes p. 126
1983Acanthocardia Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 96
1984Acanthocardia Squires p. 49
1987Acanthocardia Squires p. 65
1988Acanthocardia Freneix et al. p. 426
1992Acanthocardia Squires and Demetrion p. 42
2002Acanthocardia Schneider p. 351 figs. Figure 25
2002Acanthocardia Sepkoski
2003Acanthocardia Moore
2004Acanthocardia Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255
2010Acanthocardia Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyCardiinaeLamarck 1809
genusAcanthocardiaGray 1851

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. Acanthocardia Gray 1851
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Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) reedi Loel and Corey 1932
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Invalid names: Ciliatocardium snatolense Krishtofovich and Ilyina 1947 [synonym]
Subg. †Acanthocardia (Agnocardia) Stewart 1930
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Agnocardia acrocome Dall 1900
Agnocardia alternata Hubbard 1920
Agnocardia cinderellae Maury 1917
Agnocardia claibornense Aldrich 1911
Agnocardia convexa Deshayes 1858
Agnocardia cossmanni Vincent 1882
Agnocardia dissidepictum Woodring 1925
Agnocardia elnaggari Abbass 1972
Agnocardia glebosum Conrad 1848
Agnocardia mahgoobi Abbass 1972
Agnocardia pessoae Maury 1925
Agnocardia rectispina Koenen 1893
Agnocardia thalassium Maury 1925
Subg. †Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) Stewart 1930
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Acanthocardia afra Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
Acanthocardia becksii Muller 1847
Acanthocardia brunettii La Perna and D'Abramo 2013
Acanthocardia hanseata Kautsky 1925
Acanthocardia maputi Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
Acanthocardia massintonti Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
Acanthocardia mozambensis Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available