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Purpurocardia

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Purpurocardia Maxwell p. 174
1990Purpurocardia Beu et al. p. 398
2002Purpurocardia Sepkoski
2006Purpurocardia Beu p. 221

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusPurpurocardiaMaxwell 1969

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. 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
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Invalid names: Cardita difficilis Deshayes 1854 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Venericardia martini Marwick 1928 [replaced]
Purpurocardia urutiensis Marwick 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available