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Glyptoactis paraguanensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia paraguanensis was named by Hodson (1931). Its type specimen is PRI 24145, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cardita paraguanensis by Jung (1965); it was recombined as Glyptoactis paraguanensis by Hendy et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Venericardia paraguanensis Hodson p. 6 figs. pl. 9, figs. 2, 3
1965Cardita paraguanensis Jung p. 445
2015Glyptoactis paraguanensis Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusGlyptoactis()
speciesparaguanensis(Hodson 1931)

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
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