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Vesicomya (Calyptogena)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Vesicomyidae

Taxonomy
Calyptogena was named by Dall (1891) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Vesicomya (Calyptogena) by Coan et al. (2000).

It was assigned to Vesicomyacidae by Woodring (1938); to Vesicomya by Coan et al. (2000); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Vesicomyidae by Squires and Goedert (1991) and Kiel and Amano (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Sister taxa
Calyptogena (Calyptogena)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Calyptogena Dall
1938Ectenagena Woodring
1938Phreagena Woodring p. 50
1938Calyptogena Woodring p. 52
1991Calyptogena Squires and Goedert p. 413
2000Vesicomya (Calyptogena) Coan et al. p. 338
2002Calyptogena Sepkoski
2002Phreagena Sepkoski
2010Calyptogena Kiel and Amano

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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
superfamilyGlossoidea(Gray 1847)
familyVesicomyidaeDall 1908
genusVesicomyaDall 1886
subgenusCalyptogena(Dall 1891)

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.

Subg. Vesicomya (Calyptogena) Dall 1891
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Subg. †Calyptogena (Calyptogena) Bernard 1974
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Calyptogena (Calyptogena) chinookensis Squires and Goedert 1991
Calyptogena katallaensis Kiel and Amano 2010
Invalid names: Ectenagena Woodring 1938 [synonym], Phraegena Woodring 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available