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Palaeocardita trapezoidalis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita trapezoidalis was named by Krumbeck (1913). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jillu II, south of Misool, which is in an Alaunian/Sevatian carbonate limestone in Indonesia.

It was recombined as Palaeocardita trapezoidalis by Hudson and Jefferies (1961) and Yin and McRoberts (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Cardita trapezoidalis Krumbeck p. 147 figs. Pl 4, figs 15a-c
1961Palaeocardita trapezoidalis Hudson and Jefferies p. 31 fig. 10a.b
2006Palaeocardita trapezoidalis Yin and McRoberts p. 117 figs. 6.12-6.18, 6.35

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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
familyPalaeocarditidae(Chavan 1969)
genusPalaeocarditaConrad 1867
speciestrapezoidalis()

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.

Palaeocardita trapezoidalis Krumbeck 1913
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Diagnosis
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