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Venus mitsuiana

Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus mitsuiana was named by Yokoyama (1911). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Manda, Miike Coal-field (277 feet depth), which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in Japan.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2016-07-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Venus mitsuiana Yokoyama p. 10 figs. Pl 1, figs 5a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
NeoheterodonteiTaylor et al. 2007
orderVenerida(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusVenus
speciesmitsuiana

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.

Venus mitsuiana Yokoyama 1911
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Diagnosis
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