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Cercomya (Capillimya)

Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae

Taxonomy
Capillimya was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Cercomya (Capillimya) by Aberhan (2004).

It was assigned to Pholadomyoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cercomya by Aberhan (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Capillimya Sepkoski
2004Cercomya (Capillimya) Aberhan p. 148

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPandoridaStewart 1930
superfamilyPandoroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLaternulidaeHedley 1918
genusCercomyaAgassiz 1843
subgenusCapillimya

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
No diagnoses are available