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Caprinella

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Ichthyosarcolitidae

Taxonomy
Caprinella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caprinellidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Caprinella Sepkoski
2010Caprinella Bouchet et al.

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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
orderHippuritida()
suborderRadiolitidina
superfamilyCaprinoidead’Orbigny 1850
familyIchthyosarcolitidaeDouvillé 1887
genusCaprinella

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available