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Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita alticostata was named by Conrad (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Alabama, Louisiana]. Its type specimen is ANSP 30562, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Venericardia alticostata by Conrad (1865), Dall (1903), Maury (1912), Harris (1919) and Anderson (1928); it was recombined as Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata by Stenzel et al. (1957).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Cardita alticostata Conrad p. 342
1834Cardita alticostata Conrad p. 7
1865Venericardia alticostata Conrad p. 7
1903Venericardia alticostata Dall p. 1423
1912Venericardia alticostata Maury p. 50
1919Venericardia alticostata Harris p. 82
1928Venericardia alticostata Anderson p. 22
1957Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata Stenzel et al. pp. 104-109

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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(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyVenericardiinaeChavan 1969
genusVenericardia()
subgenusClaibornicardiaStenzel and Krause 1957
speciesalticostata(Conrad 1833)

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.

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Diagnosis
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