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Amiantis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Amiantis was named by Carpenter (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cytherea (Amiantis) by Vredenburg (1928); it was reranked as Meretrix (Amiantis) by Abrard (1947).

It was assigned to Cytherea by Vredenburg (1928); to Meretrix by Abrard (1947); to Pitarinae by da Silva Forti (1969) and Vokes (1980); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Callocardiinae by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Amiantis Carpenter p. 339
1928Cytherea (Amiantis) Vredenburg p. 451
1947Meretrix (Amiantis) Abrard
1969Amiantis da Silva Forti p. 84
1980Amiantis Vokes p. 170
2002Amiantis Sepkoski
2012Amiantis Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 792

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCallocardiinae(Dall 1895)
genusAmiantisCarpenter 1863

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. Amiantis Carpenter 1863
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Subg. Amiantis (Amiantis) Carpenter 1863
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Amiantis (Amiantis) navidadensis Frassinetti and Covacevich 1993
Amiantis callosa Conrad 1837
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Invalid names: Pitaria stalderi Clark 1915 [synonym]
Amiantis communis Nomland 1917
Amiantis loeli Wiedey 1929
Amiantis mathewsoni Gabb 1866
Amiantis mathewsonii Gabb 1866
Amiantis purpurata Lamarck 1818
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available