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Megacardita
Taxonomy
Megacardita was named by Sacco (1899) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Venericardia (Megacardita) by Fleming (1966).
It was assigned to Carditidae by Vokes (1939); to Venericardia by Fleming (1966); to Venericardiinae by Vokes (1980) and Beu et al. (1990); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Venericardia (Megacardita) by Fleming (1966).
It was assigned to Carditidae by Vokes (1939); to Venericardia by Fleming (1966); to Venericardiinae by Vokes (1980) and Beu et al. (1990); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1899 | Megacardita Sacco |
| 1939 | Megacardita Vokes pp. 65, 66 |
| 1966 | Venericardia (Megacardita) Fleming p. 152 |
| 1980 | Megacardita Vokes p. 119 |
| 1990 | Megacardita Beu et al. p. 398 |
| 2002 | Megacardita Sepkoski |
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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. Megacardita Sacco 1899
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†Venericardia (Megacardita) japonica Mizuno 1952
†Venericardia (Megacardita) osawanoensis Tsuda 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available