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Mordacia

Agnatha - Petromyzontiformes - Mordaciidae

Taxonomy
Mordacia was named by Gray (1851). It is extant.

It was assigned to Geotriidae by Jordan (1963); and to Mordaciidae by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Mordacia Gray p. 249
1963Mordacia Jordan p. 583
2016Mordacia Nelson et al. p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
classAgnathaCope 1889
HyperoartiaMüller 1844
orderPetromyzontiformesBerg 1940
familyMordaciidaeGill 1893
genusMordaciaGray 1851

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. Mordacia Gray 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2009-12-09 04:57:12
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:08:06
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available