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Hippocardia alborza

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae

Taxonomy
Hippocardia alborza was named by Hoare and Aghababula (2001). Its type locality is 40 meter bed, Balast section, Alborz Mountaings, 10 km northwest of Damghan, which is in a Chadian carbonate limestone in the Mobarak Formation of Iran.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Hippocardia alborza Hoare and Aghababula pp. 1047 - 1049 figs. f. 5.1-5.11
2002Hippocardia alborza Hoare et al. p. 7
2023Hippocardia alborza Wagner p. 3578

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classRostroconchia
orderConocardiida()
superfamilyHippocardioideaPojeta and Runnegar 1976
familyHippocardiidae
genusHippocardia
speciesalborza

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.

†Hippocardia alborza Hoare and Aghababula 2001
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Diagnosis
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