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Chaenomya nuraensis

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae

Taxonomy
Chaenomya nuraensis was named by Dickins (1963). Its type specimen is CPC 3883, a valve (Left valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is BMR KNuA1, Paraside Homestead, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in the Poole Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Chaenomya nuraensis Dickins p. 52 figs. Pl 6, figs 10-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPholadomyida()
superfamilyPholadomyoideaKing 1844
familyChaenomyidaeWaterhouse 1966
subfamilyChaenomyinaeWaterhouse 1966
genusChaenomya
speciesnuraensis

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.

Chaenomya nuraensis Dickins 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height116.0----
valve height211.410.013.011.52.12

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:37:17
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:37:17
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Chaenomya nuraensis (type locality: 85021 85925) Chaenomya sp. nov. (87352)