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Clementia (Clementia) papyracea

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus papyracea was named by Gray (1825) [COMMENTS: Middle Miocene-Recent; Indian Ocean; COMMENTS: m. kosnik taxon no: 9943.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Venus (Clementia) papyracea by Vredenburg (1928); it was recombined as Clementia (Clementia) papyracea by Oostingh (1935), Perrilliat (1994), Tomida and Nakamura (2001), Kosnik (2002) and Tiwari and Kachhara (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Venus papyracea Gray
1928Venus (Clementia) papyracea Vredenburg p. 455
1935Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Oostingh p. 193
1936Venus papyracea Cox p. 62
1939Venus papyracea Mukerjee p. 23
1980Venus papyracea Iqbal p. 32
1994Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Perrilliat
1996Venus papyracea Jensen p. 47
2001Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Tomida and Nakamura p. 220
2002Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Kosnik
2003Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Tiwari and Kachhara p. 86

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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
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
tribeMeretriciniGray 1847
subfamilyClementiina(Frizzell 1936)
genusClementiaGray 1847
subgenusClementiaGray 1842
speciespapyracea(Gray 1825)

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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