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Cyrtodontula obliquata

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Taxonomy
Whitella obliquata was named by Ulrich (1890). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Cyrtodontula.

It was recombined as Cyrtodontula obliquata by Tomlin (1931), Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen (1960) and Toni (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Cyrtodontula obliquata Tomlin
1960Cyrtodontula obliquata Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen p. 95
1975Cyrtodontula obliquata Toni

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
CyrtodontidinaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
superfamilyCyrtodontoidea(Ulrich 1894)
familyCyrtodontidae
genusCyrtodontula
speciesobliquata(Ulrich 1890)

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.

Cyrtodontula obliquata Ulrich 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 11:38:37
Modified: 2020-02-20 07:37:44
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Costonian to the top of the Pusgillian or 458.40000 to 449.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Costonian - Pusgillian458.4 - 449.2Norway (Ringerike) Cyrtodontula obliquata (194660)