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Deltachion

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae

Taxonomy
Donax (Deltachion) was named by Iredale (1930) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8438]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Deltachion by Vokes (1980) and Kosnik (2002).

It was assigned to Donax by Lamprell and Whitehead (1992); and to Donacidae by Vokes (1980) and Kosnik (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Donax (Deltachion) Iredale
1980Deltachion Vokes p. 146
1992Donax (Deltachion) Lamprell and Whitehead p. 106
2002Deltachion Kosnik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyDonacidaeFleming 1828
genusDeltachion(Iredale 1930)

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. Deltachion Iredale 1930
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Deltachion dixoni Tate 1887
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Donax brazieri Smith 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available