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Monitilora duponti

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Phacoides (Cavilucina) duponti was named by Cossmann (1908).

It was recombined as Monitilora duponti by Taylor and Glover (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2026-04-10; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-04-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Phacoides (Cavilucina) duponti Cossmann
2018Monitilora duponti Taylor and Glover p. 136

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyMonitilorinaeTaylor and Glover 2011
genusMonitiloraIredale 1930
speciesduponti(Cossmann 1908)

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.

Monitilora duponti Cossmann 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium Here duponti (22931) Monitilora duponti (3118 26879 26891 278567)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Poland Monitilora duponti (27625)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Germany Monitilora duponti (3114)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Belgium Monitilora duponti (3120)