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Pliocardia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Vesicomyidae

Taxonomy
Pliocardia was named by Woodring (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi].

It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Vesicomyidae by Vokes (1980) and Amano and Kiel (2007); to Pliocardiidae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Pliocardiinae by Amano et al. (2019).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Pliocardia Woodring p. 147
1980Pliocardia Vokes p. 162
2002Pliocardia Sepkoski
2007Pliocardia Amano and Kiel p. 287
2010Pliocardia Bouchet et al.
2019Pliocardia Amano et al. p. 213

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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
subfamilyPliocardiinaeWoodring 1925
genusPliocardiaWoodring 1925

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. †Pliocardia Woodring 1925
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Pliocardia bowdeniana Dall 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available