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Veloritina

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

Taxonomy
Veloritina was named by Meek (1872) [Sepkoski's age data: J m K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 914].

It was reranked as Corbicula (Veloritina) by Meek (1872) and Meek (1877); it was reranked as Cyrena (Veloritina) by White (1876).

It was assigned to Cyrena by White (1876); to Corbicula by Meek (1872) and Meek (1877); to Corbiculidae by Tashiro and Kozai (1982); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Corbicula (Veloritina) Meek
1872Veloritina Meek
1876Cyrena (Veloritina) White
1877Corbicula (Veloritina) Meek p. 167
1982Veloritina Tashiro and Kozai p. 87
2002Veloritina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
superfamilyCorbiculoideaGray 1847
familyCorbiculidaeGray 1847
genusVeloritinaMeek 1872

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. †Veloritina Meek 1872
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Veloritina matsumotoi Tamura 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available