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Vesicomya

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Vesicomyidae

Taxonomy
Vesicomya was named by Dall (1886) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Vesicomyacidae.

It was assigned to Vesicomyacidae by Olsson (1931); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Vesicomyidae by Vokes (1980), Coan et al. (2000) and Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Vesicomya Dall
1931Vesicomya Olsson p. 54
1980Vesicomya Vokes p. 161
2000Vesicomya Coan et al. p. 336
2002Vesicomya Sepkoski
2010Vesicomya Bouchet et al.

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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
genusVesicomyaDall 1886

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. Vesicomya Dall 1886
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Subg. Vesicomya (Calyptogena) Dall 1891
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Subg. †Calyptogena (Calyptogena) Bernard 1974
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Calyptogena (Calyptogena) chinookensis Squires and Goedert 1991
Calyptogena katallaensis Kiel and Amano 2010
Invalid names: Ectenagena Woodring 1938 [synonym], Phraegena Woodring 1938 [synonym]
Subg. Vesicomya (Vesicomya) Dall 1886
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Vesicomya ramondi Olsson 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available