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Venericardia (Venericor) tonosiensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia tonosiensis was named by Rustch (1936). Its type specimen is NMB 211, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PRI station 3139, Bucaru-Punta Guanico, which is in a Priabonian coastal sandstone in the TonosĂ­ Formation of Panama.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) tonosiensis by Gardner and Bowles (1939).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Venericardia tonosiensis Rustch pp. 168-170 figs. pl. 16, figs. 2-4
1939Venericardia (Venericor) tonosiensis Gardner and Bowles p. 178

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardiaLamarck 1801
subgenusVenericor
speciestonosiensis(Rustch 1936)

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
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