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Wilkingia mediterranea

Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae

Taxonomy
Allorisma mediterranea was named by Gemmellaro (1896). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Wilkingia mediterranea by Clapham (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. dubium

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Allorisma mediterranea Gemmellaro p. 16 figs. Pl 21, figs 1-3
2015Wilkingia mediterranea Clapham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
superfamilyGrammysioideaMiller 1877
familySanguinolitidaeMiller 1877
subfamilyUndulomyinaeAstafieva-Urbajtis 1973
genusWilkingiaWilson 1959
speciesmediterranea()

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.

†Wilkingia mediterranea Gemmellaro 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available