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Malvufundus

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

Taxonomy
Malvufundus was named by de Gregorio (1885) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Malleidae by Vokes (1980); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Malvufundus de Gregorio
1980Malvufundus Vokes p. 46
2002Malvufundus Sepkoski

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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
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyMalleidaeLamarck 1819
genusMalvufundusde Gregorio 1885

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.

G. Malvufundus de Gregorio 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:52:56
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:53:09
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available