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Plagioptychidae

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Plagioptychidae

Taxonomy
Plagioptychidae was named by Douvillé (1888). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hippuritoida by Steuber (1999); to Caprinoidea by Nevesskaja (2009); and to Radiolitoidea by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011) and Skelton (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Plagioptychidae Douvillé
1999Plagioptychidae Steuber
2009Plagioptychidae Nevesskaja
2010Plagioptychidae Bouchet et al.
2011Plagioptychidae Carter et al. p. 15
2013Plagioptychidae Skelton

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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
orderHippuritida()
suborderRadiolitidina
superfamilyRadiolitoideaGray 1848
familyPlagioptychidaeDouvillé 1888
familyPlagioptychidaeDouvillé 1888

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.

Fm. †Plagioptychidae Douvillé 1888
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G. †Coralliochama White 1885
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Coralliochama orcutti White 1885
G. †Mitrocaprina Boehm 1895
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Mitrocaprina bulgarica Tzankov 1965
Mitrocaprina tschoppi Palmer 1933
G. †Paracaprinula Piveteau 1939
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Paracaprinula syriaca Piveteau 1939
G. †Plagioptychus Matheron 1842
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Plagioptychus aguilloni d'Orbigny 1840
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Invalid names: Plagioptychus paradoxus Matheron 1842 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available