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Arcodonta regularis

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae

Taxonomy
Arcodonta regularis was named by Cope (1999). Its type specimen is BGS GSM 104281 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Camnant Cliff Section, which is in an Abereiddian shoreface mudstone/sandstone in the Camnant Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Arcodonta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Arcodonta regularis Cope pp. 472 - 473 figs. Plate 2, figures 1–3; Plate 3, figures 3, 6, 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyPraenuculidaeMcAlester 1968
genusArcodonta
speciesregularis

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.

Arcodonta regularis Cope 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: shallow infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-20 12:59:23
Modified: 2009-10-10 17:23:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Meyer et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Abereiddian or 468.00000 to 461.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Abereiddian468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) Arcodonta regularis (type locality: 232330)