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Purpurocardia urutiensis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia urutiensis was named by Marwick (1926) [TYPE LOCALITY: Late Miocene (Tongaporutuan), North Island, New Zealand]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Venericardia) urutiensis by Fleming (1966); it was recombined as Purpurocardia urutiensis by Beu et al. (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Venericardia urutiensis Marwick p. 330 figs. pl. 75, figs. 1, 3
1966Venericardia (Venericardia) urutiensis Fleming p. 152
1990Purpurocardia urutiensis Beu et al. p. 398

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

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.

Purpurocardia urutiensis Marwick 1926
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Diagnosis
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