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Hedecardium waitakiense

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium waitakiense was named by Suter (1917) [TYPE LOCALITY: Oligocene, New Zealand.].

It was recombined as Hedecardium waitakiense by Suter (1907), Marwick (1944) and Marwick (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. cantauriense, H. waitakiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Hedecardium waitakiense Suter
1917Cardium waitakiense Suter
1944Hedecardium waitakiense Marwick p. 260
1960Hedecardium waitakiense Marwick p. 17

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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
—EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyOrthocardiinae
genusHedecardiumMarwick 1944
specieswaitakiense(Suter 1917)

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