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Luxitrigonia menggaensis

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae

Taxonomy
Luxitrigonia menggaensis was named by Guo (1985). Its type specimen is Geological Museum of China, Beijing, IVy0442 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mengga, Luxi, which is in a Jurassic marine horizon in the Longhai Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Myophorella amdoensis by Fang et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Luxitrigonia menggaensis Guo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyTrigonioidea(Lamarck 1819)
familyTrigoniidaeLamarck 1819
genusLuxitrigoniaGuo 1985
speciesmenggaensisGuo 1985

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
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Measurements
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Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:34:20
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:34:20
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Middle Jurassic or 174.70000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5China (Yunnan) Luxitrigonia menggaensis (type locality: 200942)