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Taxonomy
Cytherea lunularia was named by Deshayes (1825) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Pitar (Chionella) lunularia by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).
It was recombined as Pitar (Chionella) lunularia by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Macrocallista sobrina, P. aldrichi, P. californiana, P. cosanguineus, P. matheroni, P. megacostata, P. nuttalliopsis, P. obliquata, P. poulsoni, P. protena, P. ripleyanus, P. sciena, P. sculpturata, P. semeliformis, P. soledadensis, P. stantoni, P. subnasuta, P. subpellucidum, P. swedani, P. thompsoni, P. turneri, P. turneri, P. kavranensis, P. striata
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Cytherea lunularia Deshayes p. 135 figs. pl. pl. 13, figs. 6-7 |
| 1995 | Pitar (Chionella) lunularia Le Renard and Pacaud p. 72 |
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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.
†Pitar (Chionella) lunularia Deshayes 1825
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Romania | Pitar lunularia (102026) |