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Loxopteria gibbosa

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Dualinidae

Taxonomy
Avicula gibbosa was named by Munster (1840). Its type specimen is B6A-35.126 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Loxopteria gibbosa by Nagel-Myers et al. (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Avicula gibbosa Munster p. 52 figs. pl. 11, fig. 4.
1840Avicula gibbosa Münster p. 52 figs. pl. 11, fig. 4.
2009Loxopteria gibbosa Nagel-Myers et al. pp. 175 - 176 figs. Pl. 1, Figs 11-12, 19, Pl. 2, Fig. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
suborderPraecardiidina()
Antipleuroidei()
superfamilyDualinoideaConrath 1887
familyDualinidaeConrath 1887
subfamilyLoxopteriinae
genusLoxopteria
speciesgibbosa(Munster 1840)

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.

Loxopteria gibbosa Munster 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Modified: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
References: Eaton 1871, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available