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Venericardinae (disused)

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardinae was named by Chavan (1969). It is extant.

It was assigned to Carditidae by Iqbal (1973), Dockery (1982), Moore (1992) and Chiesa et al. (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Venericardinae Chavan
1973Venericardinae Iqbal p. 17
1982Venericardinae Dockery p. 64
1992Venericardinae Moore p. 16
1995Venericardinae Chiesa et al. p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardinaeChavan 1969
subfamilyVenericardinaeChavan 1969

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.

Subfm. Venericardinae Chavan 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-08-17 20:23:42
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:23:42
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Eames 1951, Sanchez Roig 1926
Collections
No collection or age range data are available