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Isocyprina (Eotrapezium) germari

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae

Taxonomy

Mesodesma germari was named by Dunker (1846).

It was recombined as Isocyprina (Eotrapezium) germari by Marquez-Aliaga et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Eotrapezium africanum, Eotrapezium kenti, Eotrapezium occidentale, Eotrapezium thompsoni, I. argillacea, I. cyrcuiformis, I. cyreniformis, I. dundriensis, I. germani, I. glabra, I. leckhamptonensis, I. percrassa, I. roederi, I. seebachi, I. simplex

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1846	Mesodesma germari Dunker p. 40 figs. Pl 6, figs 20-22
2010	Isocyprina (Eotrapezium) germari Marquez-Aliaga et al. figs. 7.1-7.13, 8.1-8.5

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Arcticoidea	(Newton 1891)
family	Arcticidae	Newton 1891
genus	Isocyprina	Röder 1882
subgenus	Eotrapezium	(Douvillé 1912)
species	germari	(Dunker 1846)

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.

†Isocyprina (Eotrapezium) germari Dunker 1846

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileo

Life habit:

infaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2004-02-28 12:26:58

Modified:

2004-02-28 14:26:58

Source: o = order, c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Planorbis or 208.50000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian	208.5 - 201.3	United Kingdom (Somerset)	Isocyprina germari (62956)
Planorbis	201.3 - 196.5	Spain (Castilla y Leon)	Isocyprina germari (78213)
Planorbis	201.3 - 196.5	Spain	Isocyprina germari (114266 114283 114285 114547 114554 114555 114557 114558 114559 114560 114572 114575 114576)