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Pliocardia guthrieorum
Taxonomy
Pliocardia guthrieorum was named by Kiel et al. (2023). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Canyon River gravel bar, which is in an Oligocene marine limestone in the Lincoln Creek Formation of Washington.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Pliocardia guthrieorum Kiel et al. p. 304 figs. Fig. 6 |
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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.
†Pliocardia guthrieorum Kiel et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. Kiel et al. 2023 | Shell oval to elongate-oval, moderately inflated,
reaching nearly 50 mm in length; blunt, submarginal posterior ridge; umbones prominent, elevated, prosogyrate; lunular incision very elongate, often indistinct; ligament short. |