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Cyprimeria

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cyprimeria was named by Conrad (1864) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti T Eo]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Meretrix (Cyprimeria) by Lombard (1930).

It was assigned to Meretrix by Lombard (1930); to Veneridae by Popenoe (1937); to Cyclininae by Vokes (1980) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Cyprimeria Conrad
1930Meretrix (Cyprimeria) Lombard p. 311
1937Cyprimeria Popenoe p. 391
1980Cyprimeria Vokes p. 174
1995Cyprimeria Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183
2002Cyprimeria Sepkoski

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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
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
tribeMeretriciniGray 1847
subfamilyCyclinina(Frizzell 1936)
genusCyprimeriaConrad 1864

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. †Cyprimeria Conrad 1864
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Cyprimeria discus Matheron 1843
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Invalid names: Lucina geinitzii Mueller 1850 [synonym]
Cyprimeria moorei Popenoe 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available