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Gafrarium

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Gafrarium was named by Ršding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Corbis (Gafrarium) by Heilprin (1879).

It was assigned to Corbis by Heilprin (1879); to Circinae by Vokes (1980); to Veneridae by Lamprell and Whitehead (1992); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gafrariidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Gafrarium Ršding
1879Corbis (Gafrarium) Heilprin p. 221
1980Gafrarium Vokes p. 168
1992Gafrarium Lamprell and Whitehead p. 134
2002Gafrarium Sepkoski
2010Gafrarium Bouchet et al.

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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
subfamilyGouldiinae(Stewart 1930)
genusGafrariumRšding 1798

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. Gafrarium Ršding 1798
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Gafrarium australe Sowerby 1851
Gafrarium divaricatum Gmelin 1791
Gafrarium harteae Huber 2010
Gafrarium jucunda Smith 1885
Gafrarium pectinatum Linnaeus 1758
Gafrarium transversarium Deshayes 1854
Gafrarium tumidum Röding 1798
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available