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Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia clarki was named by Weaver and Palmer (1922). Its type specimen is UW 169, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UW 329, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki by Verástegui (1953), Moore (1992) and Hendy (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Venericardia clarki Weaver and Palmer p. 19 figs. pl. 9, figs. 4, 5; pl. 10, fig. 8
1925Venericardia clarki Hanna p. 287 figs. Plate 36, figures 3 and 8; plate 43, figures 1 and 2; plate 44, figures 1 and 2
1953Venericardia (Pacificor) weaveri Verástegui p. 425 figs. Plate 21, figures 3,4
1953Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Verástegui p. 426 figs. Plate 20, figures 1-6
1953Venericardia (Leuroactis) popenoei Verástegui pp. 456 - 457 figs. Plate 22, figures 1 - 3
1992Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Moore p. E22
2020Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Hendy

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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(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardiaLamarck 1801
subgenusPacificor
speciesclarki()

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.

Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Weaver and Palmer 1922
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Pacificor) weaveri Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available