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Glossus (Aralocardia)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae

Taxonomy
Aralocardia was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Glossus (Aralocardia) by Cox et al. (1969).

It was assigned to Glossus by Cox et al. (1969); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Glossus (Aralocardia) Cox et al. p. N657
2002Aralocardia 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
superfamilyGlossoidea(Gray 1847)
familyGlossidaeGray 1847
genusGlossusPoli 1795
subgenusAralocardia

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available