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Uskardita mikraulax

Bivalvia - Arcida - Frejidae

Taxonomy
Uskardita mikraulax was named by Ratter and Cope (1998). Its type specimen is BGS GSM 22187, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Craig y Garcyd, River Usk, Monmouthshire, which is in a Wenlock marine shale in the Wenlock Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Uskardita mikraulax Ratter and Cope pp. 983-984 figs. text figs. 4-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyFrejidaeRatter and Cope 1998
genusUskardita
speciesmikraulax

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.

Uskardita mikraulax Ratter and Cope 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-15 15:54:08
Modified: 2009-09-15 17:54:08
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wenlock or 433.40000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (Wales) Uskardita mikraulax (type locality: 123137)