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Venerupis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venerupis was named by Lamarck (1818) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Tapetinae by Vokes (1980); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Veneridae by Lamprell and Whitehead (1992) and Schneider et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Venerupis Lamarck
1980Venerupis Vokes p. 176
1992Venerupis Lamprell and Whitehead p. 156
2002Venerupis Sepkoski
2005Venerupis Schneider et al. p. 103

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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
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
genusVenerupisLamarck 1818

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. Venerupis Lamarck 1818
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Venerupis atlantica Maury 1912
Venerupis basteroti Mayer 1857
Venerupis hermonvillensis Deshayes 1857
Venerupis paupertina Tate 1887
Venerupis washingtoniana Weaver 1912
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available