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Grammatodon malayensis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Grammatodon malayensis was named by Cox (1936). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BMNH L.63425. Its type locality is Sungei Taba, which is in a Carnian marine shale in Malaysia.

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by B. Allen (authorized by A. Dunhill) on 2019-11-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Grammatodon malayensis Cox

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyParallelodontidaeDall 1898
subfamilyGrammatodontinaeBranson 1942
genusGrammatodonMeek and Hayden 1860
speciesmalayensis

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: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-10 16:21:52
Modified: 2009-10-10 18:21:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Malaysia (Pahang) Grammatodon malayensis (type locality: 206587)