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Actinodonta cuneata

Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Cycloconchidae

Taxonomy
Actinodonta cuneata was named by Phillips and Salter (1848) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Ordovician; Great Britain.]. It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Actinodonta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Actinodonta cuneata Phillips and Salter pp. 225, 366 figs. pl. 21. fig. 1. 4.
1891Actinodonta cuneata Barrois pp. 167 - 169 figs. Pl. 2. fig. 1.
1969Actinodonta cuneata Cox et al. p. N399

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderActinodontida()
superfamilyAnodontopsoideaMiller 1889
familyCycloconchidaeUlrich 1884
genusActinodontaPhilipps 1848
speciescuneata

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.

Actinodonta cuneata Phillips and Salter 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-20 12:50:42
Modified: 2009-09-21 16:01:57
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Meyer et al. 2009
Collections
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