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Horiopleura

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Polyconitidae

Taxonomy
Horiopleura was named by Douvillé (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti K Ceno-m]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Caprotinidae by Palmer (1928); to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Horiopleuridae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Polyconitidae by Steuber (2002) and Skelton (2013).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Horiopleura Douvillé
1928Horiopleura Palmer p. 47
2002Horiopleura Sepkoski
2002Horiopleura Steuber
2010Horiopleura Bouchet et al.
2013Horiopleura Skelton

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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
superfamilyRadiolitoideaGray 1848
familyPolyconitidaeMacGillavry 1937
genusHoriopleuraDouvillé 1889

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. †Horiopleura Douvillé 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available