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Lunulicardia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Lunulicardia was named by Gray (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112 m. kosnik taxon no: 8762]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Fragum (Lunulicardia) by Cox et al. (1969), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) and Lamprell and Healy (1998); it was reranked as Lunulicardium (Lunulicardia) by Kosnik (2002); it was misspelled as Luniulicardia by Sepkoski (2002) and Rosenberg et al. (2006).

It was assigned to Fragum by Cox et al. (1969), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) and Lamprell and Healy (1998); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Lunulicardium by Kosnik (2002); and to Fraginae by Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Hemicardia Spengler
1853Lunulicardia Gray
1969Fragum (Lunulicardia) Cox et al. p. N588
1992Fragum (Lunulicardia) Lamprell and Whitehead p. 66
1998Fragum (Lunulicardia) Lamprell and Healy p. 244
2002Luniulicardia Sepkoski
2006Lunulicardia Rosenberg 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
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyFraginaeStewart 1930
genusLunulicardiaGray 1853

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. Lunulicardia Gray 1853
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Lunulicardia hemicardium Linnaeus 1758 [Half Heart Cockle]
Lunulicardia retusa Linnaeus 1767
Invalid names: Hemicardia Spengler 1799 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available