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Dentonia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

Taxonomy
Dentonia was named by Stephenson (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno T Eo]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Corbiculidae by Vokes (1980); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Dentonia Stephenson
1980Dentonia Vokes p. 163
2002Dentonia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
superfamilyCorbiculoideaGray 1847
familyCorbiculidaeGray 1847
genusDentoniaStephenson 1953

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. †Dentonia Stephenson 1953
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Dentonia leveretti Cragin 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available