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Pleuriocardia (Dochmocardia) pauperculum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium pauperculum was named by Meek (1871).

It was recombined as Pleuriocardia (Dochmocardia) pauperculum by Kirkland (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. cottatdina, P. ibbetsoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Cardium pauperculum Meek
1996Pleuriocardia (Dochmocardia) pauperculum Kirkland pp. 44 - 45 figs. Plate 44, Figures K–M, P (a); Plate 47, Figure G (a); Plate 48, Figure J (b)

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
—Neocardiids
subfamilyPleuriocardiinae
genusPleuriocardiaScott 1978
subgenusDochmocardia
speciespauperculum(Meek 1871)

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
No diagnoses are available