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Catamarcaiidae (disused)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Catamarcaiidae

Taxonomy
Catamarcaiidae was named by Cope (2000).

It was assigned to Arcida by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Arcoidea by Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Catamarcaiidae Cope
2010Catamarcaiidae Bouchet et al.
2011Catamarcaiidae Carter et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCatamarcaiidaeCope 2000
familyCatamarcaiidaeCope 2000

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. †Catamarcaiidae Cope 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-15 15:54:08
Modified: 2009-09-15 17:54:08
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
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