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Rutonia

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Requieniidae

Taxonomy
Rutonia was named by Yang (1982) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sepkoski's reference number: ZR90]. It is not extant. Its type is Rutonia bangonghuensis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Requienia by Fang et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Requieniidae by Yang et al. (1982); to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Matheroniinae by Skelton (2013).

Species
R. bangonghuensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Rutonia Yang
1982Rutonia Yang et al.
2002Rutonia Sepkoski
2013Rutonia 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()
suborderRequieniidina
superfamilyRequienioideaDouvillé 1914
familyRequieniidaeDouvillé 1914
subfamilyMatheroniinaeScott 2010
genusRutoniaYang 1982

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. †Rutonia Yang 1982
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Rutonia bangonghuensis Yang et al. 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available