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Anomalocardia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Anomalocardia was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 985]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Chione (Anomalocardia) by Verrill (1870) and Parker (1949); it was reranked as Arca (Anomalocardia) by Boettger (1883).

It was assigned to Arca by Boettger (1883); to Chione by Verrill (1870) and Parker (1949); to Venerinae by da Silva Forti (1969); to Chioninae by Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982) and Ward (1992); to Veneridae by Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) and Todd (2001); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Anomalocardia Schumacher p. 44
1853Cryptogramma Morch p. 220
1870Chione (Anomalocardia) Verrill
1883Arca (Anomalocardia) Boettger p. 96 figs. pl. 7, figs. 14-16
1949Chione (Anomalocardia) Parker p. 585
1969Anomalocardia da Silva Forti p. 88
1980Anomalocardia Vokes p. 177
1982Anomalocardia Woodring p. 707
1992Anomalocardia Lamprell and Whitehead p. 126
1992Anomalocardia Ward p. 104
2001Anomalocardia Todd
2002Anomalocardia Sepkoski

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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
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusAnomalocardiaSchumacher 1817

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. Anomalocardia Schumacher 1817
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Invalid names: Anomalocardia auberiana d'Orbigny 1853 [synonym]
Anomalocardia hendriana Mansfield 1939
Anomalocardia heothina Woodring 1982
Chione (Anomalocardia) latilaminosa Anderson and Martin 1914
Invalid names: Cryptogramma Morch 1853 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available