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Monopleura

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Monopleuridae

Taxonomy
Monopleura was named by Matheron (1842) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-u K Maes-u]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Monopleura Matheron
1928Monopleura Palmer p. 44
2002Monopleura Sepkoski
2002Monopleura Steuber
2010Monopleura Bouchet et al.
2013Monopleura 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
familyMonopleuridaeMunier-Chalmas 1873
genusMonopleuraMatheron 1842

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. †Monopleura Matheron 1842
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Monopleura falgasi Vidal 1878
Monopleura figolina Vidal 1878
Monopleura salazari Palmer 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available