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Palaeocardita

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocardita was named by Conrad (1867) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-u Tr Rhae]. It is not extant. Its type is Cardium austriacum.

It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Palaeocarditinae by Vokes (1980) and Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Carditidae by Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Palaeocardita Conrad
1980Palaeocardita Vokes p. 119
2002Palaeocardita Sepkoski
2010Palaeocardita Bouchet et al.
2014Palaeocardita Ros-Franch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
familyPalaeocarditidae(Chavan 1969)
genusPalaeocarditaConrad 1867

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. †Palaeocardita Conrad 1867
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Palaeocardita buruca Boehm 1906
Palaeocardita carinata Hautmann 2001
Palaeocardita glaukos McLearn 1941
Palaeocardita iranica Hautmann 2001
Palaeocardita quadrata Trechmann 1917
Palaeocardita silberlingi Newton et al. 1987
Palaeocardita singularis Healey 1908
Palaeocardita stoecklini Hautmann 2001
Palaeocardita trapezoidalis Krumbeck 1913
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available