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Cuneopsis giganteus

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Taxonomy
Cuneopsis giganteus was named by Mongin (1963) ["L'holotype (no 1, TRPG) sera déposé dans les collections du C. E. A. (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique), groupement Afrique-Madagascar."]. Its type specimen is TRPG no. 1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 12 km east of In Abangarit, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial conglomerate/claystone in the Irhazer Shales Formation of Niger.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Cuneopsis giganteus Mongin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderUnionida(Stoliczka 1871)
suborderUnionidinaGray 1854
superfamilyUnionoidea(Fleming 1828)
familyUnionidaeRafinesque 1820
genusCuneopsisSimpson 1900
speciesgiganteus

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.

Cuneopsis giganteus Mongin 1963
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Diagnosis
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