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Claibornites (Codalucina) murirensis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Phacoides murirensis was named by Dickerson (1914). Its type specimen is UCMP 11682, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Claibornites (Codalucina) murirensis by Moore (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Phacoides murirensis Dickerson p. 132 figs. pl. 10, figs. 11a, 11b
1988Claibornites (Codalucina) murirensis Moore p. D22

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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
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyMilthinaeChavan 1969
genusClaibornites
subgenusCodalucina
speciesmurirensis(Dickerson 1914)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
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