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Antigona

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Antigona was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cytherea (Antigona) by Glenn (1904); it was reranked as Venus (Antigona) by Barrios (1960).

It was assigned to Cytherea by Glenn (1904); to Venus by Barrios (1960); to Venerinae by Vokes (1980); to Veneridae by Clark and Arnold (1923), Olsson (1931), Mukerjee (1939), Rivera (1957) and Lamprell and Whitehead (1992); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Antigona Schumacher
1904Cytherea (Antigona) Glenn p. 314
1923Antigona Clark and Arnold p. 146
1931Antigona Olsson p. 61
1939Antigona Mukerjee p. 18
1957Antigona Rivera p. 196
1960Venus (Antigona) Barrios p. 258
1980Antigona Vokes p. 166
1992Antigona Lamprell and Whitehead p. 124
2002Antigona 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
genusAntigonaSchumacher 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. Antigona Schumacher 1817
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Subg. Antigona (Antigona) Schumacher 1817
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Antigona (Antigona) chemnitzii Hanley 1844 [Chemnitz's Venus]
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Subg. Antigona (Ventricola) Römer 1867
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Antigona aglaurae Brongniart 1823
Antigona carrizoensis Loel and Corey 1932
Antigona granosa Sowerby 1840
Antigona kelloggi Hanna 1927
Antigona lamellacea Kellum 1926
Antigona vaquerosensis Loel and Corey 1932
Antigona willisi Trask 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available