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Nuttallia townsendensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

Taxonomy
Sanguinolaria (Nuttallia) townsendensis was named by Clark (1925). Its type specimen is LSJU 50 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Townsend Bay, which is in an Eocene marine shale in the Townsend Shale Formation of Washington.

It was recombined as Nuttallia townsendensis by Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. commoda, N. ochotica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Sanguinolaria (Nuttallia) townsendensis Clark p. 97 figs. Plate 18, figure 7
1944Sanguinolaria (Nuttallia) townsendensis Durham p. 150
2020Nuttallia townsendensis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyPsammobiidaeFleming 1828
genusNuttalliaDall 1900
speciestownsendensis(Clark 1925)

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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