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Taxonomy
Sphenia was named by Turton (1822) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Myacidae by Glenn (1904); to Myoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Myidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Wienrich (1999) and Marquet et al. (2008); and to Spheniinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Myacidae by Glenn (1904); to Myoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Myidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Wienrich (1999) and Marquet et al. (2008); and to Spheniinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1822 | Sphenia Turton |
| 1904 | Sphenia Glenn p. 283 |
| 1987 | Sphenia Ward and Blackwelder p. 131 |
| 1999 | Sphenia Wienrich p. 254 |
| 2002 | Sphenia Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Sphenia Marquet et al. p. 28 |
| 2010 | Sphenia Bouchet et al. |
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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. Sphenia Turton 1822
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†Sphenia aequilateralis Deshayes 1857
†Sphenia angusta Deshayes 1857
†Sphenia cuneiformis Deshayes 1857
†Sphenia donaciformis Deshayes 1857
†Sphenia dubia Lea 1845
Sphenia fragilis Adams and Adams 1854
Sphenia iheringiana Pilsbry 1897
†Sphenia luticola Valenciennes 1846
†Sphenia meganosensis Clark and Woodford 1927
†Sphenia myalis Deshayes 1857
†Sphenia passyana Deshayes 1857
†Sphenia pusilla Sorgenfrel 1958
†Sphenia radiatula Cossmann 1882
†Sphenia terquemi Deshayes 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available