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Fentounia

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae

Taxonomy
Fentounia was named by Liu (1983). It is not extant. Its type is Fentounia helicorostrata.

It was assigned to Praecardiidae by Liu (1983) and Fang et al. (2009).

Species
F. helicorostrata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Fentounia Liu
2009Fentounia Fang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
suborderPraecardiidina()
PraecardioideiNewell 1965
superfamilyPraecardioideaHoernes 1884
familyPraecardiidaeHoernes 1884
genusFentouniaLiu 1983

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. †Fentounia Liu 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available