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Pterocardia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Pterocardiidae

Taxonomy
Pterocardia was named by Bayan (1874) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath K Apti]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Megalodontidae by Kiessling (2003); and to Pterocardiidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Pterocardia Bayan
2002Pterocardia Sepkoski
2003Pterocardia Kiessling
2010Pterocardia 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
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyPterocardiidaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genusPterocardiaBayan 1874

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. †Pterocardia Bayan 1874
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Pterocardia andriacensis Cossmann 1900
Pterocardia eparcyensis Fischer 1964
Pterocardia pesbovis d'Archiac 1843
Pterocardia subminuta d'Orbigny 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available