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Pseudomyalina obliqua

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Taxonomy
Pseudomyalina obliqua was named by Dickins (1956). Its type specimen is CPC 756, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is BMR F17067, Muderong Bore, Middalya Station, which is in a Roadian coastal sandstone in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Pseudomyalina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Pseudomyalina obliqua Dickins

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAmbonychioidea(Miller 1877)
familyMyalinidaeFrech 1891
genusPseudomyalina
speciesobliqua

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.

Pseudomyalina obliqua Dickins 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height781.873.0111.080.012.9

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Modified: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
References: Eaton 1871, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Roadian or 272.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (Western Australia) Pseudomyalina obliqua (type locality: 83632 83634 84477)