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Claraia

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae

Taxonomy
Claraia was named by Bittner (1901) [Sepkoski's age data: P Djhu Tr Olen-u Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. It is not extant. Its type is Claraia clarae.

It was reranked as Pseudomonotis (Claraia) by Spath (1935).

It was assigned to Pseudomonotis by Spath (1935); to Aviculopectininae by Vokes (1980); to Claraiini by Waterhouse (2001); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Claraiinae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Pterinopectinidae by Newell and Boyd (1995) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Claraia Bittner
1935Pseudomonotis (Claraia) Spath
1980Claraia Vokes p. 47
1980Pseudoclaraia Zhang
1981Peribositra Chen
1995Claraia Newell and Boyd p. 25
1996Claraia (Pseudoclaraia) Nakazawa
2000Pseudoclaraia Waterhouse p. 178
2001Claraia Waterhouse p. 115
2002Claraia Sepkoski
2002Peribositra Sepkoski
2010Claraia Bouchet et al.
2010Pseudoclaraia Bouchet et al.
2014Claraia Ros-Franch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyPterinopectinoideaNewell 1938
familyClaraiidaeGavrilova 1996
subfamilyClaraiinaeGavrilova 1996
tribeClaraiiniGavrilova 1996
genusClaraiaBittner 1901

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. †Claraia Bittner 1901
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Claraia amygdaliformis Zhang 1980
Claraia anulata Yin and Gan 1978
Claraia aurita Hauer 1850
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Claraia aurita haueri Tommasi 1895
Invalid names: Pseudomonotis ovata Schauroth 1865 [synonym]
Claraia bioni Nakazawa 1977
Claraia bittneri Ichikawa 1958
Claraia chakkapaki Chonglakmani 1981
Claraia clarai Emmrich 1844
Claraia concentrica Yabe 1928
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Invalid names: Claraia vietnamica Vu Khuc 1965 [synonym]
Claraia dieneri Nakazawa 1977
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Invalid names: Pseudomonotis (Claraia) tridentina Bittner 1901 [replaced]
Claraia extrema Spath 1935
Claraia fenghaiensis Wang 1993
Claraia fukianensis Chen et al. 1974
Claraia griesbachi Bittner 1899
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Invalid names: Claraia hubeiensis Chen 1976 [synonym], Crittendenia levigata Guo 1985 [synonym]
Claraia guizhouensis Chen 1964
Claraia hunanica Hsu 1938
Claraia intermedia Bittner 1901
Claraia jiangyouensis Gou and Lin 1996
Claraia liuqiaoensis He et al. 2007
Claraia longyanensis Chen 1976
Claraia mulleri Newell and Kummel 1942
Claraia ovalis Whiteaves 1889
Claraia pamirensis Polubutko 2001
Claraia perthensis Dickins and McTavish 1963
Claraia posidoniformis Termier and Termier 1977
Claraia pulchella Nakazawa 1953
Claraia punjabiensis Wittenburg 1909
Claraia radialis Leonardi 1935
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Invalid names: Pseudomonotis yunnanensis Yin and Hsu 1937 [synonym]
Claraia shabaonica Yang et al. 2001
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Invalid names: Claraioides guizhouensis Fang 1993 [replaced]
Claraia stachei Bittner 1901
Claraia stavropolica Gavrilova 1998
Claraia subwangi Polubutko 2001
Claraia vozini Kurushin 1996
Claraia wangi Patte 1935
Claraia zhongzaiensis Gao et al. 2009
Invalid names: Peribositra Chen 1981 [synonym], Pseudoclaraia Zhang 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available