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Purpurocardia
Taxonomy
Purpurocardia was named by Maxwell (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 728]. It is extant. Its type is Cardita purpurata.
It was assigned to Venericardiinae by Beu et al. (1990); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carditidae by Beu (2006).
It was assigned to Venericardiinae by Beu et al. (1990); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carditidae by Beu (2006).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1969 | Purpurocardia Maxwell p. 174 |
1990 | Purpurocardia Beu et al. p. 398 |
2002 | Purpurocardia Sepkoski |
2006 | Purpurocardia Beu p. 221 |
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G. Purpurocardia Maxwell 1969
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†Purpurocardia beata Marwick 1928
†Purpurocardia fyfei Finlay and Marwick 1937
†Purpurocardia haskelli Fleming 1950
†Purpurocardia lillei Fleming 1943
†Purpurocardia penerectangularis Bartrum and Powell 1928
†Purpurocardia perscrupulosa Marwick 1932
Purpurocardia purpurata Deshayes 1854
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Invalid names: Cardita difficilis Deshayes 1854 [synonym]
†Purpurocardia southlandica Fleming 1955
†Purpurocardia titirangiensis Marwick 1943
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Invalid names: Venericardia martini Marwick 1928 [replaced]
†Purpurocardia urutiensis Marwick 1926
†Purpurocardia waikohuensis Marwick 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available