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Miodontiscus prolongatus

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Miodon prolongatus was named by Carpenter (1864) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Eastern Pacific, Japan.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Venericardia (Miodontiscus) prolongata by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Cardita (Miodontiscus) prolongatus by Schenck (1945); it was recombined as Venericardia (Miodontiscus) prolongatus by Itoigawa (1958); it was recombined as Miodontiscus prolongatus by Palmer (1958), Hertlein and Grant (1972), Coan (1977), Moore (1992), Coan et al. (2000) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Miodon prolongatus Carpenter
1907Venericardia yatesi Arnold pp. 439-440 figs. pl. 58, figs. 2a, 3b
1916Miodontiscus meridionalis Dall p. 24
1923Venericardia nakamurai Yokoyama p. 5
1925Venericardia (Miodontiscus) prolongata Oldroyd p. 5
1945Cardita (Miodontiscus) prolongatus Schenck
1958Venericardia (Miodontiscus) prolongatus Itoigawa
1958Miodontiscus prolongatus Palmer p. 83
1972Miodontiscus prolongatus Hertlein and Grant p. 233
1977Miodontiscus prolongatus Coan pp. 383-384
1992Miodontiscus prolongatus Moore p. 16
2000Miodontiscus prolongatus Coan et al. p. 305
2021Miodontiscus prolongatus Hendy

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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
genusMiodontiscusDall 1903
speciesprolongatus(Carpenter 1864)

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.

Miodontiscus prolongatus Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Miodontiscus meridionalis Dall 1916 [synonym], Venericardia nakamurai Yokoyama 1923 [synonym], Venericardia yatesi Arnold 1907 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available